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7 MXNUTES HOUSING RESOURCES EXEC~TIVE COMMITTEE March 13, 1969 Special meeting of the Executive Committee of the Housing Resources Committee was held at 10:30 a.m., Thmrsday, 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 mee ting was to consider a proposal made by William L. Moore for rezoning of a tract of land in Land Lot 30, 14 th Distric t (FF) (annexed to t he Cit y of Atlanta, December 1, 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 principle Bond's Bill on the suspension of rent (through payment into an escrow account) on dwell i ngs certified by the Building Department as unfit f or human habitation. Seven (7) exceptions (changes) however were suggested as result of a poll of the entire membership of the HRC, the wesults of whic h were 26-for, 3-f or with reservations and 2-against. T h e Cha irma n then referred t o a requirement f or the HRC to submit by March 15 i ts pla n for the 1969 Summer Program in cert~in c e ntral core areas of the Ci ty. In t his connection , the Chairman emphasized the need f or: 1. An overall rezoning of the City to provide for the City 's future development needs , to include a dequate areas for low and medium income housing ; and 2. Establishment of some emergency housing to prov ide liv i ng accomod ations for special cases which repeatedly 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 students proposed to undert~ke during the Spring quarter commencing about Aprill on s 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. �I 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 an~ 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 o f the Gouthwest area and had essentially as k ed the Zoning Committee for a moritorium on zoning changes in the area until such a pl an could be developed. Mr . Gladin further stated that this is impractical and cannot be done; that the Land Use Pl~n for the City, adopted by the Board of Aldermen about a year ago, is intenCed to f orm a ba sis 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 provide for a reasonable amount of low and medium income housing in the general area and that a time limit should be established for development o f such a plan . ,· / A motion was then made by Mr . Archer Smith, and seconded by Mr. Bob Winn that the HRC go on record as being in full support of the following Resolution: " IBE XT RESOLVED, that the need for low-income housing b e given foremost consideration by the Fede ra tion of Southwest Clubs in its deliberations and studies as to the best use of zoning of the Southwest Atlanta land and further that a timeta ble b e established f or the compl etion of the plan . Further that the HRC offers its full as sist ance to the Federation of Southwest Clubs in preparati on o f its plan ." After brief discussion, the Res o lution was ad opted withou t any dissenting voteGo The Ch3irman then introduced Mr . w. L. Moore , Developer, and Mr. Nicholas Berryman, Promote~ to present their proposal . These C3 Ct~Gn~ n together presented a proposal for rezoning a large tract of land on both sides of Kimberly Road, S.W. - LL 30, 14th District (FF) - which w2s annexed to the City last. f'n rr:,~o r ~ ·· 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 tract to the north, which would not require rezoning. �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 school to serve t he 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 ent r ances 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 accomplished over a five-year period. It was pointed out t hat the prop osed development has been f avorably recommended b y t he At l ant a - Fulton County Joint Planning Board. Mr. Gl adin stated that the proposed l ocation apparently has or will have adequate communi ty facilities. The Chairman p ointed out that c urrently the HRC is seek ing new direction as to i ts future ro le a nd mission a n d that if the HRC should forma l l y endorse t h is pro ject now, whicb is in the s~me ge nera l a rea o f a some wha t s imi l ar prop osal which ~o a aloe ~t r o ngl y opposed by citizens of the area a nd de n ied by the Board of Al dermen a b out 3 weeks ago, that this might b e prema ture and which probably wou ld b e cons i dered as i n opposition t o o r in conflict with recent propos als for pre parat i on o f a pla n for development of the entire Southwest area a nd the r e fore might d o more harm t han good i n obta ining approval of propose d rezoning. The Chairman also point e d out that due to a previous commitment wh ic h ha, a s Vi ce-Cha i r ma n o f A. R. M. P.c., h nd made to the Federa t i o n of Sou thwest Clubs to s upport their r equ est fo r prepara tion o f an ove r a l l pla n f or t he are a , he f e l t that he should divorc e himself fr om t he iss ue a nd t ur ne d the meet ing over to Mr . ArcheT Smith , a member of t he Execut ive Commi t tee . Mr . Smith ruled tha t since o nl y 4 ou t o f 9 members o f the Execu t ive Committee were actually present, ( a fif t h ha d attended the meeting earlie r , but had left ), that a quo rum did no t exist and that therefore action coald not be ta ken either for or agains t the proposal . In response to q ueries from several members o f t he Committee as to certain neGded chanees in organization and new direction for future ac tion and emphasis by the Committee , the Chairman ~dvised 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 sufficient units to meet the r-mc 2-year goa l of 9 , 800 units and the 5-year goal of 16 , 800 units, except for Public Housing ; that it appears, for the t ime being, this is perhaps the only field in wh ich the Committee should work aggressively. Motion was made , seconded and after some discussion w~s adopted that the HRC invite the Mayor to meet with the Committee �4 / in a Special Meeting in the near future to discuss the current basic purp o se and future direction of the Committee . Mr . Watkins anno unced to the Committee that under FHA 221 d ( 3) or 236 that 20% · of the units in any development may c ome under Rent Supplement , thus pro viding for some variati o n in economic status of the occupants . Mr . Archer Smith made a motion which was seconded and carried that T . U. F . F . and representatives of the Housing Authority be invited to appear before the HRC to discuss their views , policies and concerns . In view of the fact that the ,dRC Exec u tive Committee did not have a quorum available for official transaction of business, no action was ta ken on the Resolution. The Meeting was adjourned at 12 : 10 p . m. Res p ectf u lly submitted, ~7-, ,•

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