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I RESOLUTION by the Housing R e sources Com1nitt e e SUPPORTING THE N EED FOR HIGHLY CRITICAL DEPRESSED AREAS, INCLUDING LIGHTNI NG AND PLUNK ETTOWN, IN THE NEXT ND P APPLICATION FOR EXECUTION IN 19 70. WHEREA S, Ther e a re s everal highly critic a l and r e l a tively limit e d d e pre sse d ar eas in Atla nta of e x treme l y sub s t a n d a rd hou s i ng, such a s PLUNKETTOWN, LIGHTNING, HUFF RO A D a nd SPRIN G AVENUE, N. W . ; a nd WHERE A S, The mo s t a ppropri a te and fea s ibl e a ppro a ch toward elimina tion of the substa nda rd cond i ti o ns in thes e are a s in cl ea r a n ce a nd redeveloprn.ent of t h ese ar eas throu g h t h e N DP pro g r a m.; and WHER EAS , Pot ential no n-c as h gra nt s -in- a i d c r e di ts for the a bove sta t e d ar ea s ar e v e ry li1nit e d; a n d WHEREAS , The s ub s t a nda rd p h y s ical conditi o n s in the s e ar e as a re of such lo n g s t a ndi ng w ith l i ttl e re a l e ffo r t m a d e in th e p a st to corre c t the m; a nd WHEREA S , The C i t y c a nnot elim i nat e it s princip a l a r ea s of sub sta nda rd c ondi tion s and i nfe rior d we ll i n g s un t i l th ese a :r e a s ba ve b ee n brou g ht unde r NDF tr eatment; a nd WHE REAS , Th e C i t y of Atla nta h a s a s urplus of a p pr o x im a t e ly $2 . 2 million i n n o n -c as h gr ant s -in-a i d cre dit s in th e Co nventi rrn.a l U r b 3.n R enewal pro g r a 1n. 0 . �• • NOW T HEREFORE , BE IT RESOLVED by th e Housing Re s ources Comn1ittee: a. Tha t the Planning and Deve l op~nent Corn.mittee of th e Board of A l dermen be a nd a re hereb>r r e qu es t ed to includ e th e sp e cific area s list e d above , in the City 1 s NDP app lic a tion for Execution i n 1970; and b. T hat the M ayor and Boa rd of.Aldermen b e and are he r e by requ este d to approve the in c lusion of th es e areas for E xe cution in the ne xt NDP a ppli cation of th e City o f Atlanta ; and c. T hat a lthough we encourage and a ppre ci a te th e efforts of other neighborhoods to i1nprove their areas through the NDP pro g r a 1n , if we a re to eli1ninate the worst s lum. s i n th e City , addition a l and l ess d e teri or a te d a r eas should not b e p l aced in pr iority above the a r e a s li ste d in this R e3o luti o n, for inc lu sio n in th e ne xt N DP ap plic a t i o n for execution in 197 0, but rather that speci a l e ffort s be made to a l s o includ e such worthy a re a s . d. That the F ederal Govermn e nt (HUD) b e forma ll y r equested by the M a y or to a uthorize utiliz a tion of a reasona b l e portion of Atl a nta 1 s s u rplu s credit s in it s c o ~1.ve nti o na l Ur ban R e n ewal pro gr a m to help 1neet the l ocal sha re of N DP ac ti v ity in the s e parti cul ar areas . �