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J.vaNUTES HOUSING RESOURCES EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND LOW-INCOME HOUSING COORDINATING GROUP MEETING June 6, 1968 · The regular monthly meeting of the Housing Resources Executive Committee and the Low-income Housing Coordinating Group was held in Committee Room 2; City Hall, June 6, at 10~00 a~m~ Copies of the invitational notices, agenda, record of those invited and att~nding and reference documents are attached to the file copy of these minutes. Chairman Cecil A. Alexander presided. Mr. Alexander opened the meeting by welcoming Mr. Richard D! Harvey to t he Committee (assigned to the Business Participation Panel). Mr. Alexander expressed thanks to the Board of Aldermen on t heir s upport of rezoning the East Lake Golf Course No. 2 Site, propo"sed for 800 units of Public Housing to be constructed on the site~ Mr. Alexander discussed the Conference on May 29 of the Atlanta Metropolitan Committee on Equal Opportunity in Rousing, stating t hat 180 0 were r epor t ed to have attended and that Dr. Weaver stated at the Conference that t he Federa l Government hoped that At lanta, State a nd Loc al Governmants would voluntarily comply and come up wi th loca l Open Hous ing Laws a nd Ord i nances. Mr . J ones announced t ha t letters had been wr itt e n by Mayor Al l e n to devel opers o f low-income housing projects, which h~ve not yet b roke n ground , urging t hem t o ge t sta tt ed a s soon as possib l e. Thes e included the two Fa i rburn Rd . Si t es , Rockd a le U. R. Project, Gi l be r t Rd .• Site , Rawson-Washingt o n u. R. Project Site, a nd Ho llywvod Rd . Site of the Butler St. Y. M.c .A . Mr . Alexander recommended that all members try to at te nd the Zo ning Committing meeting of the Board of Alderme n .that afternoon, if at all possible. This was done to try to get the J one sboro Rd. Site rezoned. He also asked Mr. Jones to try to get the H. R. C. Co-Chairmen and Chairmen of Panels not represented, to attend the meeting. Mr. Alexander appointed t he following people to compose an Ad Hoc committee to coordin~te support efforts at the Public Hearing for the package rezoning proposal: James L. Townsend, Dr~ Benjamin E# Mays, D~le Clark, Richard D. Harvey, Herman Russell, Archer D. Smith, XII, George W. Kennedy~ Mrs. Sujette Crank, Lee Burge and Augustus H.· Sterne. �i I -2- Mr. Alexander appointed the following people to work with the Planning Department on selection of specific sites for low-income housing: Dr. Edwin ~arrison, Dr. Vivian Henderson, Moreland Smith, Dean Harding B. Young, Clarence D. Coleman, Charles F. Palmer, Hamilton Douglas, J. A. Alston and Lewis Canker. Mr. Alexander thanked Alderman Rodney M. Cook for his support on the Jonesboro Rd. Site. Mr. Jim Wright gave a report on Model Cities and suggested how we might get financial aid for low-income housing. He suggested that the City of Atlanta could contribu~ to the Model Cities, private organiza tions could participate and the Citizens at large could themselves contribute. Mr. Alexander asked Mr. Wright to send a copy of the proposal t o Mr. Frank Carter o f the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. J.C. Johnson commented that to get more mo~eyto meet the Mayor's requirement for Low-income Housing, the program will have to have more impact; that the impact could be great at one time. Mr. Alexa nder suggested that some of the proposed money be put in an emergency fund ; t hat in this way when money is needed in an emergency then it could be used from that particular fund. Mr. Alexander commented on the recent Ground Breakings. On May 9 , 202 units under Turnkey on Hollywo9d Rd; on May 27 , 500 units under Turnkey on Ba nkhead Hwy.; and on May 30, 15 single fa mily units on the Ponor Farm No . 1 Site ( four and a fracti on acres of land of the expanded Thomasville Area was dedicated for single family sales housing t hat ra nge fr om $13,500 to $15,200.) Mr . Jones reported on t he revised ilousing Resources Committee Summary ~f the Low-income Housing program as of May 15, 1968. Copies were passed out t o all in a tt end ance . Low-income Hous i ng program : Completed 2 , 031 units ; Under Construction 5 , 108 units; and In Planning 7 , 151. The latter figure includes proposed ,rojects such as t he Browntown Rd . Site , DeKalb Ave . Sita, Bankhead Hwy. Si te, Gilbert Rd . Site , and Thomasville u. R. Project . Mr . Alexa nder stated that the Committee shou ld concentrate support on the Public Housing portion of the Low-income Housing Progra m. Mr . S ~ f i e l d stated that to meet the requirement-indicated , we will be goin~our current reservation. Mr. Alexander then turned this matter over to the Pub lic Housing Panel for further consideration and resolution . It was brought out in discussion that one problem of Public ~ousing is, are we resettling in it the people of Atlanta who need Public nousing the most, or are we bringing more people in to the City to occupy it? Mr. Alexander stated that the Business Participation Panel should talk to th9 Insurance companies to see that we are going to get financial help in getting the housing built. �-3Mr. Alexander pr oposed a tour of different slum areas, by taking a bus to certain locations and then getting o ut and walk ing through the areas. Mr . Jones and Mr . Parham are assigned t o ma k e arrangements f o r t hi s tour . Mr. Al exa n der and Mr . J ones commented on the Experimental Ho u s ing A total o f 75 cities have been surveyed and on ly 20 cities wi ll be selected. The surve y team t hat was here was surveying 25 cities and tw o o ther teams hav~ 2 5 cit ies eac h . The t eams have t o report with rec o mmendati o ns t o HUD by June 15 . BUD then pl ans to set up a $ 6 0,000,000 Exper imental Ho using pr og ra m in se lected c ities, particularly in ci ties that hav e a -Mo del Cit ies area. Plans c o ntemplate t hat io the cities that are selec ted , wo rk will begin a s soon as p oss ible, but no later than s p ring o f 1 9 69 . T_e pr o gram contemplate s 2 years f or c o mpleti o n . It is anticipated that the results o f this program will g u ide direction o f the Pres idents p rogram f o r G, 000 , 000 low -i ncome h o using units over a 19-year perio d , f or which the Senate ha s recently appr o ved 5 billion dollars. Survey Team from I-IDD. Mr . Dale Clark asked Mr. Alexander t o explain wha t Experimental Ho using i s. Mr . Alexand e r explained that Experimental Housing is different types o f buildings , different types o f buildi n g materials, innovati ons in techniques , etc ., de signed to p roduce standard housing at a l ower price , for low - inc ome families . Mr . Alexander then stated that we need to settle the problems in the Nash-B~ns area. Mr. Collier Gladin stated that one of the key elements is to settle the problem of getting the Juni o r High School . I t was brought out that Mr . Th omas of the local Citizens Committee, is trying to alleviate sone of t h e pro blems in the Nash-Bans area. Meeting was adjourned at 12 : 00 noon . Respectfully submitted, t,;,~~L, .....;~~ Malcolm D. Jori6s Housing Coordinator Encl: As st~ted (wit h file copy only) �