.MjEzOQ.MjEzOQ

April 22, 1968 Memorandwn To: Mayor Allen Dan E. Sweat, Jr. I;: a.,..___ Director of Governmental Liaison From: Attached are two memorandwns dated April 18 and April 19 respectively, prepared by Malcolm Jones, re the Honor Farm No. l site and containing some specific recommendations for getting housing development started there soon. Collier, 1alcolm and I have discussed the at t ached and I believe are in general agreement except possibly Malcolm's recommendation that the 24 acre portion of the site, currently desi gnated for a Junior Hi gh School-Communit y Center development, be converted to additional low-income housing. It appears too early yet to mal<:e such determination. The urgency f or starting development on the 15 single-family lots is to meet Federal insistance for ground breaking in May on at least a token development for low-income housing. (Tb.is would pl ace Atlanta first on actual utilization of Federal dedicated sites for low-income housing) . The concensus of opinion now seems to be to assume that development will not be thru the Urban R~newal process. If you concur in this at this t i.Iiie, the following steps should be taken immediately to get the ball rolling: a. A~k the Housing Authority to get a stor y or advertisement in the newspapers not later than April 28, alerting interested developers �Page 2 Memorandum To: Mayor Allen April 22, 1968 that proposals will be called for soon and as close to May 1, 1968 as possible, for submittal within 30 days. b. Request the Housing Authority to prepax·e package invitations, containing essential material, to interes t ed developers as soon as possible (with target date of May 1) for ~ubmittal of proposals within 30 days; for starting construction within 6 months after the award; and for completing construction within 2 years from starting date. c. 15 Plan for review of proposals and selection of developer within days after submittal of proposals. Encls: Memos dated April 18 and April 19 �