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MINUTES
Housing Resources Executive Committee and
Low-Income Housing Coordinating Group Meeting
June 12, 1969
The regular monthly meeting of the Housing Resources Executive
Committee and the Low-income Housing Coordinating Group was held at
10:30 a.m., Thursday, June 12, 1969, in Committee Room 2, Second
Floor, City Hall.
Invitational noticej list of those invited, with attendance of
members and guests i ndicated, and other related documents are attached to the file ccpy only of these minutes.
Chairman Alexander opened the meeting by introducing Mr. Edwardo
Chamaro, an official visitor from Nicaragua, visiting this country and
is an Architect ..
Mr . Alexander then asked Col. Jones to read the letter from
t he Business Participation and Finance Panel on the draft position
pa per establishing the National Urban Coalition's role in housing.
Col. Jones read the letter as follows:
"The Committee discussed the draft position paper establishing
the National Urban Coalition's role in housing and Col. Malcolm Jones'
anal ysis of the same."
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Th e Commi ttee accepted the report of Col. Jones and endorsed
g nd add e d t he following recommendations:
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'1.
Greater emphasis should be placed on producing singlefamily or condominium houses for the mid dle- inc ome
Negroes . These to be in the price range o f $20,000
to $30,000.
2.
The major thrust should be f o r home owne rship rather
than rental ~o using.
3.
Ci ty Governme nts should c ause the necessary steps to be
taken to qualify its c itizens , who are not in an Ur ban
Rene wal a~ea , for grants and/or l oans ( Sec. 312 ) to
r ehab ilit~te houses that are n ow below c ode requirements,
and wh e re the owners h2ve insufficient resou rces to
make the necessary r -143.215.248.55irs.
4.
That t he 1":Hi' be u rged to approve air-conditioning
in both new and rehabilitated housing where it can
be included within the maximum loan allowed.
5.
Tha t the FW. be urged to e ncourage the use of row-type
housing such as garden-typ e, condominium houses, patio
houses , etc."
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The Chairman then as k ed if there were any questions . Dr .
Joseph Wilbur , Housing Rest udy P anel, asked if pe o ple only in the
Model Cities area and Ur ban Renewal areas could get a rehabilitati o n
loan? Mr . LG ster H. Perse l ls , Executive Direct o r , 9 ousing Authority
of the City of Atlanta , explained that only that portion of the area
that was in the 1909 NDP Plc.rn area could get a rehabilitation loan and
that all areas are not included in this year ' s Plan . He als o explained that there are no Fede r al funds available at this time for rehabilitat~on grants and l oenc
A mo ti on was made , seconded aqd u naminously adopted that the ab ove
repor t of the Business Par t icipa tion and Fi nance Pane l be accepted and
adopted by the Mousing Res ourc es Comm i ttee as a whole and b e sent t o
Mr . Dan E . Sweat , Jr ., Direct o r of Governmental Liaison , in a formal
document , f or forwarding to the Nat i onal Urba n Coalition.
Mr . Alexander called on Mr. Bob Wat ki ns , Chairma n of the Housing
Re stud y Panel , to c omme nt o n the t hree proposals by Er i c Hill and
As sociates ( which his panel h a s b een worki ng on) for restudy on
housing .
Mr . Wat k ins stated that he met with Ge orge Aldriago of tho City
Pla nn ing ~epartment and decided to meet again with George Aldridge
and a representative o f Eric Hil l and Associates to ma k e rec ommendations
on the proposals .
Mr . Watkins also stated tha t t he Housing Restudy
Pa nel d o es rec ommend Pr oposal 2 that includes the unincorporated areas
o f Fulton County and i nclud ing some o f t h e se r vices of analysis and
evaluation described in Proposal 3 , and that his Pa n el plans to modi f y
the report .
Th e Chairma n then called on Mr. Johnny H. Robins on, Community
Development Coordina tor , Mayor's Office, to comment o n the Summer
Pr ogram.
Mr. Robinson stated that in 196 7, four temporary City Service
Coordinators worked in the Summer Program in f o ur low-income areas ,
and in 1963 there were six temporary Ci ty Service Coordinators that
were located in EOA Ce nters in Nash-Wa shingt o n , North West Cent ral ,
West Central (D ixie Hills ) and East Central. This ye3r, Mr . Rob inson
stated , t here will b e f our pe rmanent Cit y Service Coor dinators to
wor k in t hese dif f o r ent area s . blso , the r e wi ll b e I nterns f r om the
Urba n Corps a nd from t he Federa l Gov ernment. Thes e In terns wil l
be u nder t h e supervision o f the City Service Coordinators to help
familia r ize themselves with t he prob l e ms of t h e low-income a r eas.
Chai r ma n Alex and e r as ked Mr . Rob inson wh ere t h e Interns come from ?
Mr . Ro binson ans wered that t he Int erns fr o m the Federa l Governme nt
are pe op le who are ou t of school t ha t are ge t ting tra i ning and
orien tiatio n to work i n s ome for m of the F ed era l Gov e r nme nt.
He a lso
stated t hat t h e Urban Corps Interns a r e pe o p le i n s choo l wh o a r e
working i n the summer a n d plan to work in Ci ty Goverment, Bu s iness
Communities and o t her Insti t uti o ns after t he y finish schoo l .
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Th e Chairman asked Mr . Robins on what changes have been made in
the Summe r Program as comparison to last summer?
Mr . Robi nso n stated that the City ha s bee n divided into f o ur
quadrants , with full time City Service Coordinators, and that money
fr om the Fed eral Gove rnment i s being made available t o provide at
least o ne meal f o r each child at the Schools in the low-income areas.
The Chairman then called on Col. J ones to read t he 15 it ems
contained in the Ho usi ng Resources Committee plans for the 1969
Summer Pr ogram .
Col. J ones then read the f o llowing items (containe d on pages
1 7 & 18, in pamph let "1969 Summer P:r ogr a m, C ity of .b. tlanta"):
1.
Follow thro ugh on timely compl et ion of two Turnkey
pr o jects , Ho llywood Rd ., 220 units ( gr ound br ok e n 5 -9- 6 8)
and Bankhead Highway , 500 units (g r o u nd broken 5 - 29 - 68 ).
2.
Supp o rt development o f 262 unit 221 d(3) and Community
Facility pr o ject o f the Bu tl e r Street YMCA in ll.r ea VI .
3.
Work for and supp o rt rezoning o f propo sed 450 unit
Browntown Road Turnke y project, deferred 11-15- 67
un til after 7-1- GG f o r improvement in Co~munity
Facilities of the general area , much of which has
been acc omplis hed .
4.
Push development of 1 , 400 unit 221 d (3 ) Roc kdale
project , on which construction of first phase ,
consisting of 250 units , was started 10-2-68 .
5.
Follow up o n reservation and allocations for 2 ,000
additi onal units of Public Housing, for which on
9-18-68 the Board of n ldermen auth o rized the Housing
Authori ty to ma ke applicati on.
6.
Encourage smaller developments o f Publ ic Housing , to
include scattered sites and mixed type un its, such
as townhouses and single-family housing , which may
eventually be sold to Pub lic Housing tenants.
7.
Enc o urage home-ownership in low and medium income
h o u s ing whenever p ossib le.
B.
Assist in getting tangible evidence o f ph ysica l
impr ovements during 196 9 in the Vine City NDP area .
(Approved for planning only during 1 969 .)
9.
Work with the P lanning Dept . and Housing Authority
in development of the 1969 increment of NDP in the
Edge wood-Kirkwood area.(Appr oved for planning only
during 1969 .)
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10 .
Work with the Mod~l Ci ties staff and the Housing
Authority in expediting physical evidence of experimental
housing and rehabilitati o n during 1969 in the Model
Cities area .
11 .
Pr omote establishment of emergency housing , perhaps
of a temporary nat u re , to accomodate special emerge ncy
cases , which frequently occur .
12 .
Push for early rezoning considerati o n of the entire
City to meet const a ntly expanding City needs , to include
adequate sites fo r low-income housing .
13 .
Strive for elimination , th r ough NDP or by private
enterprise , of sl u m p oc k ets in t h e six core areas
such as : portions of Li ghtning , Spring Avenue , N. W.
and the in the d uff Road area, adjacent to Area VI .
14 .
Pr omo te emphasis o n Housing Code Enforcement efforts
throughout the six key areas .
15.
Continue to wor k on ways and means o f development
o f low-income housing in adjacent unincorporated
areas , to relieve congestion in the central core
areas and to provide adequate h o using and job
o p por t u nities near and easily accessible to ,
industrial development .
Chairman Alex a nder as k ed Mr . Robinson if emergency housing
would help t h e proootion of the i96 9 Summer Program?
Mr. Robinson stated that now some of t h e Churches and EOA Centers
were trying to find h o using wit h ot he r families for people who have
b een dis p lace d on a temporary basis until the Housing Authority or
other hgencies set up a t e mporary housi n g program for p eople who
h ave been dis p l a ced b y governmental action or other means.
Chairma n Al exander called on Mr. Lester H . Persells to comment
on emergency housing.
Mr. Pers ells st a ted t h a t t h e Hou sing J)u t h ority d oes hove a few
un its of temporar y h o u si n g, bu t t ha t t h e un it s stay fu ll all t h e time
a nd as soon a s a f a mi l y moves o u t anot her f a mi l y i s re ad y to ta k e
its p lac e , a nd t ha t t hes e cannot be u sed f o r e me r ge nc y h ousing as
s u ch, b u t o nl y f or f a mi lies wh o me e t norma l r e q uirements f or Public
Ho using .
Mr. Alexander then called o n Mr . Duane Beck o f the Socia l
.Aspects .Panel . Mr . Bec k s t ated t ha t t he ·.ous i ng r:.os ources Commi tte e
s hould t ake the problem of emergency h o u s ing up wit h th e Commun it y
Chest , whose Exectuve Board ~ o u l d ooet June 13.
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Mr. Alexander then asked t h e Social Aspects Panel look into the
pr o b lem o f displaced families and the need for emergency h ous ing .
Mr . Alexander then called on Mr . Da ve Palmer of the Housing
Locati ons Pa nel.
Mr . - Palmer br o ught up t h e matter of the J . P . Stephens and Company .
Mr . Palmer stated that the J .P. Stephens and Company, a cotton mill
tha t h as b een s hu t down, are going to make t h e tenants t h at live in
t he houses , owned by t he mill, move o ut; that it is rumored, they are
going to c ut t h e tenants utilities of f if t h ey do n ot ;_:ovc b :;a certain time and it is also rumored that t h e h ouses will be demolished
after the tenants have left.
A meeting is being set up now with
representatives of the Ci ty of ~t la n ta and t.e J . P . Stephe ns and
Company.
Mr . Archer Smith then made a motion that a Resol uti on b e sent
to t he J . P . Stephens and Compa n y.
The motio n was seconded and,
after f urt he r discussion, u naminously adopted .
The Resol u tion reads
as follows:
"RESOLVED:
T1:1 at th e Ho u si n 8 r: c sou:rces Committ ee
attemp t, through its ~ oc i al Aspects Pa nel , t o se c u re
te mpor ary housing o n a n ernergenc J bas i s fo r dis posses sed
fam il ies , and more par t i cu larly , to a tt empt to locate
h o u sing f or all tenants i n need of suc h o f J . P. Dtephens
a nd Company, who a r e, or a r e ab o ut to be , dispossessed
by reaso n o f the closing o f said plant , inc luding the
possib ility of fi ndi n g someon e irit e rested and able to
lease the homes, b e ing v acated at the J. P . Steph ens
pl an t, to pe o p l e i n need o f emergency ho usi n g o n a
tem p o r ar y bas i s."
Mr . Dave P alme r t h e n made a mo tion that a Res o luti on be s e n t t o
t he Communi t y Chest to i n v o l\' e th e Ch est i n t h e problem of emergency
hou s i ne.
The mo tio n wa s s e co nded a nd a fte r f ur ther d i s c uss i o n,
una mi n o u s ly a d o p ted .
Mr . J o hn ny Johnso n , Di recto r of Model Ci ties , stated t h at e v e ry
year mo ney is app r opr ia te d to c ope ¼ith emer g enc y n ee ds and t h at the
HRC sh o u ld s uppo rt t h e e f f o r ts o f the Communi t y Che st in or d e r to
have t he fund s av ail a b le for eme rge nc y n ee d s, s uch a s t h is.
r.1:~ . Bob Hi nn , Ch a i rma r.. o f t he Cons tr uc t i o n 2ind Dc s i g r., ?o n -2 1 made
a mo t i o n which was sec ond ed and u na mi no u s ly ad o pt e d t h a t t he HRC se nd
a Ue s olut i o n t o t h e Comm u, it y Ches t s ta ti ng :
"':,Cha t the !-:l o u s ing !.LGs o uTcc s Committee re s p e c tf ully
r.eq,.1e s t s t he Exec u ti v e: Bc8 :rd of the Commu n i t y Chest to
inc lu d e, f o r the per i od of 1 9 7 0 a ~d foll owing yc~rs , f u nd s
fo r eme Tg e n c y ho u sing a nd othe r emer ge ncie s that it d eems
pr ope r . "
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(This Res o l tion was transmitted in writing by the Chairman ,
to the Commun ity Chest Exec u t ive Boc1 :rd before it me t
on June 13 .)
Ch airmc1 n Alexander t h en called o n Mr . Bob Winn , Chairman of t he
Construction and Design Pa nel , to rep o rt -o n the study for Model Ci ties
made b y Eric Hill and Associates , "Loweri n g the Cost of Housing :
Research on Strategy and Policy" .
Mr . Wi nn stated that the Con~tr u cti o n and Design Panel bold a
meeting on May 2 8, 1969 , at Georgia Tech , c o ncerning the study pre pared b y Eric ~I.i ll and Associates , bu t as yet his Panel has not been
able to get
full copies of the report; had received only a summary .
Mr . Winn announced that there will b e a n ot her meeting of the Cons t ructi o n
and Design Panel o n J une 25 th , and that Mr . Dismuk e of Er ic Hill
and Ass oc iat e s will also be at the meeting , to make a special present ation of t h e report , and at t hi s time the Co nstruction and Design
Panel will study the report in de tai l and Teport b ack to t h e Committee
after the meeting wi t h Eric <l i ll and Ass o ciates . Mr . Wi nn also stated
that the Construction and Design Panel wo u ld designate Mr . Otis Th or p o
to c o ordinate a nd work closely with Mr . J ohnny Johnson in the Model
Ci ties pr o gram .
The Ch airman then called on the Chairma n of other Panels for
reports . Th ere was n o additional rep o rts to be given at t h is time .
Mr. Ri chard Ha rvey , Chairman of the Public Relations Panel ,
c ommented that there sho uld be a guide from th0 Committee as a whol e
as to h ow much do we want to stress meeting t he h ousing goals inside
as compar ed wit h outside t he City Li mi ts .
Mr . Winn the n i nv ited Mr . Harvey to attend the meeting on June
25 , 1969 , with the Constr u ction and Design Pa nel .
Cha irman f.lexander stated that different t imes wil l be set up
for each of t he Pa nels to be given a s pecific tas k to ~ork on
and rep ort back to the Executive Committee and that e ach member would
be notifie d a s to t he t ime and place o f s uch meet ing.
Cha irman Plexander then called o n Malcolm D. Jones to comment
on t he te~tiif e s chedule for assembling t he 1 970 Neighbor h ood Development Pr ogr am application .
Mr . J ones stated t ha t the Housing Re sources Committ ee will
de finitely be inv ol ved in t he City 's application for t he 1970
Neighborhood Development Program and t ha t he had so no ti fied the
Planning Department , in writing and asked t ha t he be notified of any
meetings involving this program , in order that we might participate
therein.
Mr. Jones then c ommented on the Ho usin g Resour ces Participation
in the preparation of submittals of material for recertification of
the Workabl e Program for 1 969. Se stated t hat the material for the
�r ecerti fic at i on i s due i n the P lanning Department on J une l G, 1 06S ,
and that he will have the C~ai r man l ook ov er wh at is being presented
to t he Planning Department and as k t i--:i.e Ch ah·man make any necessary
c h anges or modifications t h erein; that time is insufficient t o permit
referriqg t h e material to t h e Executive Comnittee for review and
consideration.
Mr . J o nes also commented on t h e oost recently revised Summar y Status of Accelerated Low-Income 3 ousing Program, Way 15 , 196 9 .
This
31-1 mmary r ,a port co n tc:lins 2 cowpa r ion wit h the f;l3y 15 , lf)G8 report , t h e
h i ghlig h ts of wh ic h are as f o ll ows : Ao o f May 1959 , 4 , 83 9 u n i ts ha v e
b ee n completed , where as in Ma y 1S6G, 2 , 0 3 1 un its h ad be e n completed .
I n 1 ;62 t h e r e we r e 7 , 25G UL its Und e r Co n s truc t ion and in 1 2G8 there
we re 5 , 108 uni ts Und e r Cons tructJon ; and I n Pl a nni ng f or 1 6 69 , t ~e r e
ar e 7 , 003 t'!i', -· ts , ail.din 10C,C t :~,ere \~ .::r e 7,151 unit r.: ; I n ?lnnni n c; . Th is
ma d e a to t a l I2 Sig h t for May 1 SC3 of 1 9 , 802 un its .
Tje to ta l In
Sie h t f or ~2 y 1908 was 14 , 290 uni ts .
For 1069 t h e Le asing ?r ogram
ba s 1 , 015 and f or 1963 t ~e r e wa r e 231 uni t3.
Fo: n t ot a l o i 2 1 , 0 1 3
un its f or 1S5S a nd 14 , 511 uni ts f or 193 3 .
The 2 1 , 0 1 3 un it s ar e a n
incr ea s e o 1 4 , 213 a b ove the ov e r~ ll ~oa l .
In 1 963 the 1 4 , 5 7 1 uni ts
we r e a defic it o f 2 , ~23 u nit s o f the o ve r all soal .
Being Co nsid ered
in al l cat e gor ies a re 3 , 535 un its f o r Ma y 1 962 ; a nd in May 196 2 t h e re
wer e 4 , 4 Gl u ni ts Being Consi d ere d ( all catego ri e s ).
Co l . J ones c ommen t ed that t he Pub l ic 3 o usi ng is behind in i ts
o ve r al l goal a nd that t o raee t th e req ui r ed eoa l t he Ci ty wi ll ha ve
t o req uest an addti o nel reser va tio n o f 1 , 930 u n i ts .
M~ . Ale xander p o in t ed o u t t h a t we a re n o w a pp roxim2 tely h a lf way
yea r proe- ram and t ;:rn t t he :.t·,ublic :,}o u Eing f igu :re i s n o w
appr oxima t ely h a l f o f t h e ove r all g oal.
thr oueh o ur !j
Mr . Plexander a s k ed Co l . J o n es why t he r e w2 s s u c h an incr eas e
in P,tivate Dc-r el o pme ~.. t?
Co:l . Jones I'.'es pond0d that he u s ua l ly d o es no t b 1.1v 0 t'. lia
unti l he ests t he reports f ·".'or... t;10 Buildi r:.G D0p8rtment o n it s
Pe rnits iss ue d eac h raont h end for t !1 i s reEson , earlier i n t t e
we did n ot h ave informa t ion on , and t h erefor G d id not r e flect
unde:t P:rl'i,'8tO Deve lopment t l·rn t 'v"iGI!'<:;- 19 1n P c. 8nn ine 19 •
inforn oti o n,
Buildi n g
prog ram
units
co:~ . .J ones c ommen t ed on t he u;:1i t ~ 1~a J:rnbi1i t8te d by t he ~= ou sine;
C ode Di?iGion and explained that t ho Fe have b ee n 1 7 , 124 u nits so
rGhabili t2t G1; t hat th~ss ~~i t~ do not increase t~e nunber of housing
m'..its c1vailable , bt:: t do i;,1cressG L10 s ..1pp1.y of st2nd@:.rd ur.ii ts.
Il~ . Persells c ommented on a St2 t 1::.s r eport Emde b y t .J e i:c,nsing ·
n~thor:ty ao of June 190G .
( Ccpy attactcd to file c6py cf minutes . )
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