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I MINUTES HOUSING RESOURCES EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE March 13, 1969 Special meeting of the Executive Committee of the Housing Resources Committee was held at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, March 13, 1969, -in Committee Room 1, Second Floor, City Hall. Invitational notice, list of. those invited, with attendance of members and guests indicated, and other related documents are attached to the file copy only of these minutes. The primary purpose of the meeting was to consider a proposal made by William L. Moore for rezoning of a tract of land in Land Lot 30 1 14th District (FF) (annexed to the City of Atlanta, December I, 1968) for 700 units of cooperative Townhouses and 200 units of rental apartments, all to be financed under FHA Section 221 d(3). Chairman Alexander called the meeting to order and announced that before he took up the main item on the Agenda (consideration of a particular zoning proposal), he wished to discuss briefly some other matters. He then read a proposed letter to be sent to Representative Julian Bond (copy attached to the file copy of these minutes) supporting in princip le Bond's Bill on the suspension of rent (through payment into an escrow account) on dwellings certified by the Building Department as unfit for human habitation. Seven (7) exceptions (changes) however were suggested as result of a .poll of the · entire membership of the HRC, the •esults of which were 26-for, 3-f or with reservations and 2-against. The Chairman then referred to a requirement for the HRC to submit by March 15 its pl a n fo r the 1969 Summer Program in certain central cor e areas of the City. In this connection, the Chairman emphasized t he need f or: 1. An overall rezoning of t he Ci ty to pr ovide for t he Ci t y ' s futur e de ve l opment needs, to include adeq uate a reas f or low and me d i um income hous ing ; and 2. Es tablishme nt of some e me rgency housing to provid e living accomodations for speci a l cases whic h repe atedly occur . The Chairman recognized Roger F . Rupnow , Assistant Professor of City Planning at Georgia Tech, who explained briefly a project which a group of his stud e nts proposed to undert2ke during the Spring quarter commencing about April l on a study preparing a· plan for future development for the Southwest area of Atlanta. The plan is to be submitted to the City as a recommendation for consideration by the City in developing a plan for this area. . �l 2 The students' group proposes to work closely with the residents of this area and with the City of Atlanta as to their wishes on existing zoning and future development needs, to include low and moderate income housing in the area. - Mr. Gladin, City Planning Director, informed the Committee that a group of civic organizations in the area, known as Federation of Southwest Clubs has requested preparation of a plan for the future development of the Southwest area and had essentially asked the Zoning Committee for .;i moritorium on zoning changes in the area until such a pla n could be developed. Mr. Gladin further stated that this is impractical and cannot be done; that the Land Use Plan for the City, adopted by the Board of Aldermen about a year ago, is intended to form a basis for more detailed studies which are contemplated, but not yet developed. The Chairman said that he felt the HRC should cooperate with the citizens of the area f or development of such a plan. That development of such plan should definitely pr ovide for a reasonable amount of low and medium income housing in the general area and that a time limit should be established for development of such a plan. A motion was then made by Mr . Archer Smith, and seconded by Mr . Bob Winn that the HRC go on rec ord as being in full support of the following Resolution: " BE IT RESOLVED, that the need f or low-income housing be given foremost consideration by the Federation o f Southwest Clubs in its deliberations and studies as t o the best use of zoning of the Southwest Atlanta land and further that a timetable be established for the comp letion of the p lan. Further that the fffiC offers its full assista nce to the Federat ion of Southwest Clubs i n preparation of its plan ." After brief discussi on, the Res olution w~s ad opted withou t any diss ent ing votes. The Chairman then introduced Mr . W. L. Moore, Developer , and Mr. Nicholas Berryman , Promote~ to presen t their proposal. These ~~ntlcm0 n together presented a pr oposal for rezoning a large tract of land on both sides of Kimberly Road, S . W. - LL 30, 14th District (FF) - which was annexed to the City last. Docoabcr. -·The proposed development (copy of plat attached to file copy) consisted of 700 units of sales housing for which 90% of the units in any phase of the development must be pre-sold from pre-built samples before FHA commitment is approved for that phase; also 200 units of rental apartments; all 900 units under FHA 221 d(3); furthermore, development of 40-50 single- family houses on an adjacent t r act to t he north , wh i ch wou ld not r equ ire r ezoni ng. . �7 3 . A school site of 9t acres on the south side of the project has already been negotiated with t he School Board for construction of an elementary schoo l to serv e the project and adjoining area. It was also pointed out that the School Board has plans for a high school just north of the project. It was also explained that the plan provides for only two entrances and exits off Kimberly Road to the Townhouse portion of the development, with no through traffic, but all on interior streets and that the complete development would be ~ccomplished over a five-year period., It was pointed out that the pr oposed development has been favorably recommended by the Atlanta-Fulton County Joint Planning Board. Mr. Gl adin stated that the proposed location apparently has or will have adequat e communit y faciliti es. The Chairman p ointed out that currently the HRC is see ki ng new direction as to its fu ture role and mission and that if the HRC should formally endorse this project now, whicb is in the s~me general area o f a somewhat similar proposal which wo. a a lo e ~t r ongly opposed by c itizens of the area and denied b y the Board of Aldermen about 3 wee k s ago, that this mi ght be premature and whic h probably would b e considered as in opposition to or in conf lict wit h recent proposals for prepa rati on o f a plan for development of the entire Southwest area and therefore might do more harm than good in obtaining appr oval of proposed re zon i ng. The Chairman also pointed out that due t o a previous commit ment wh ich he , as Vice-Ch~irman o f A. R. M. P .C., bed made to the Federatio n o f Southwes t Clubs to support their request for preparat ion o f an overall p lan f or the area , he felt that he should divorce hims elf from the issue and turned the meeting over to Mr . Archei- Smith , a member of the Executive Committee. Mr . Smith ruled that since only 4 o ut of 9 members of the Executive Committee were actually present, ( a fifth had attended the meeting earlier, but had left), that~ quorum did not 0xist and that therefore action coald not be taken either for or against the proposal . In response to queries from several members of the · committ0e as to certain needed ch~nges in organization and new direction for future action and emphasis by the Committee, the Chairman advised that such is being considered but as yet he was not in position to do anything definite in this respect; that the Committee now has in the pipeline s u fficient unit s to meet the }me 2-year goal of 9,800 units and the 5-year goal of 1 6 ,800 units, except for Public Housing; that it appears, for the time being• this is perhaps the only field in which the Committee should work aggressively. · Motion was made, seconded and after some discussion was adopted that the HRC invite the Mayor to meet with the Committee �in a Special Meeting in the near future to discuss the current basic purpose and futur0 direction of the Committee. Mr. Wa t kins announced to the Committ ee that under FHA 221 d(3) or 236 that 20% of the units in any development may come under Rent Supplem0nt, thus prov iding for some var i at i on in economic stat us of the occupa nts. Mr . Archer Smith made a motion which was seconded and carried that "f.U.F.F. and representatives of the Housing Authority be invited to appear b e fore the HRC to discuss their vie ws , po licies and concerns. In vi0w of the fa ct that the HRC Exec utive Committee did not have a quorum available for official transaction of business, no action was taken on the Res o lution . The Meeting was adj ourned at 12 : 10 p .m. Res pectfully submitted, °' '-\ '-1-", • . ) · ,'/t,,C)t__:,/ /.X r V,/i,;._i)', -:r ..::-<:t-'--~ Malcolm D. Jone~ Housing Coordi i'rtl tor MDJ/ mc Encls : Copy, Summary o f Stat us of Low-income Housing Program ( 1-15-69 ) ( Others with file copy only) �