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• r. HTU':i.'ES HOUS i tJG RESOU:?CES EXECUTIV:S COMM ITTEE 1IEETING i'il/:\Y 31, 1967 Members of the Housing Resources Committee Executive Group met on Wednesday, May 31, 1967, at 10:00 a.m., in Committee Room # 1 , Ci ty Ha ll . The 1(ollowing me:b rs were present 1 Mr . Dr . Mr . Mr . lftr. Dr . Mr. iVIr . lY.ir. Mr. Mr. Ce c il A. Al exa- der, Chairman Sanford s . At~ood., Co-Chair man Lee Burge ., Chairman., fi.hance & Non - Pr ofit Funds Pan81 John C. Wi lson , Finance &.Non - Profit Fund s Pane l Da l e Cl ark, Pub l i c Informa tion Panel · Vivia n Henders on, Land Acquisiti on Panel Rola nci ·,r;axwel l, Representing Mr. Virgil Mi l ton, Bus i ness Participation Panel . Norman Underwood ., Representing Mr . Char l es L. We l tner, Legal Panel Robert Winn, Representing Dr. Harr is on , Cons t ruction and Design Panel Ma lc o l m D. J ones, Direc t or W. w. Gates, Consultant Th e Public Housing Pane l and the Social Problems Panel were not represented at the meeting. Cecil A. Alexander, Chairman., pres i ded. Mr . Alexander read the Housing Resources Committee's 11 White Paper" (copy attached) and explained the different divisions of this report. He then explained the other documents which were attached. He also st~ted that there were several difficulties in locating rental housing sites, partially because of the racial problems in Atlanta, and gave his interpretation of the May 5, 1967 letter from ffGD, pertaining to HUD's reluctence to approve Public Housing sites in racially concentrated areas. ~~. Dr . Vivian Henderson, Land Acquisition Panel, stated that this did not necessarily h old true in all cases; that he did not think the announced HUD policy was i ntend ed to apply to racially i~tegrated projects in previously all wh ite neighborhoods, D~. Henderson also # asked about his Panel's previous request for a list of possible s~tes for locating low-cost housing. Mr. Jones explained that this has been requested from t~e Planning Department, but not yet prepared; however, that he has been provided with a grou~ of Land Lot sheets showing vacant property (with current zoning) in the eastern half of the city; and these locations were being looked into. �Page Two Dr. Henderson su2:;ges t ed t r.a t the need for su ch a . list of availab le sites be reported tot .e Board of _ lderme n . Mr. Alexa nder reported that t he Planning Comm ittee initially prepared a list of sites comprisi n0 800 acres of land t· .a t were considered avai l ab le for us e or · t · at could be re - z oned. He also stated that the developers ha d a l ready looked into these pro~erties but that only four trac ts· had been appr ov~d so far. Mr. Jones stated that he knew of only two, or possibly three, of these t hat had been actually approved by HUD . Mr. Alexander stated that one of t11e main problems was t ha t the land developers could not a lways use the sites because of location s, costs, and building codes. Mr. John C. Wil sor. ::.::1ance and Non-Profj_ t Funds Panel, suggested that the committ e _ccap t all the land possible, because to provide all the housing required, all available land would be needed. Y~ . Alexander sta t ed that this Comm ittee should ta ke action one wa y or another to get these prob l ems corrected before any fu rther substantial developments can be made. Mr. Jones stated tha t it was th is Corn. ii t t ee' s policy to co nside:::: any su i table location that wa s submitted or proposed and to try to get action based on merits of i ndividua l tracts. Mr. Lee ·Burge, Finance and Non - Profit Funds Pane l , as ked if tnis Committee was over-playing the housing pr ob lems, or if ttis was just the normal type of thi ng which resulted from t rying to get through zoning chang es, Housing Authority and/or·: FHA approval of a hous ing devel opment. Mr . Alexander exp l ained that there i s a greater low-re nta l need i n the city than apparently some members of the FHA und erwri t ing staff feel justified. Mr. Jones said tha t the problems were not being over-played because there were many prob l ems in trying to loc ate low- c ost housing sites. He explained that this was the p~rpose of t is mee t ing; to try to work out s ome of the se problems . Dr. Henderson stated t hat many of the present problems app eared to be with the Planning Department, and they were not v ery good reasons. Mr . Alexander stated that the City is striv ing to get a workable Land Use plan which people fee l _that they can rely on. l\'Ir. Dale Clark, Public Information Panel, asked if the Pla-nni'ng Department is represented on thi s Committee. �i- Page Three Mr. Jones st a ted thcJt it is not ., but that we are working i n close conta ct with each other. Mr . Alexander s ta ted tha t the genera l feeling is t ha t i n some residential area s t h e zoning fro. s i ngle f a~ily houses to apartments will be a nece ss it y o He asked t .. e press not to ment ion any spec ific areas where this may be possible., because there are no de f inite plans to t1is effect as yeto Mr o Burge asked if it would not be ~~lpful to cr eate a link between the Housing Reso ur c es Comm itte e and the Planning Department? Mro Alexander stated that .it would also be a good idea to create such a relations~ip with the Board of Aldermen. I"Iro Burg e said., i n relation to item (d) under 11 Dis1.,;cussion 11 in the "White Paper ", that he would l::.ke to know how the zoni ng people felt about t his o Dr. Hend er s on s aid that it wa s easy to discuss this problem but bhat it wou ld not always work out in practice., and that the real issue is the diffi culty of locating in an area that doe s not tmnt housing developments 0 Burge as ke d the reason given by FHA for its ac~ion in connection with the sites near Magnol ia Ceme tary, Etheridge Drive, and Gun Club Road. lfir . Mr. Alexander referred the question to Mr. Gates for answero Mr. Gates stated t ha t prox i mity: _rto Roc kdale Urban Renewa l Pro ject, in which ab out i, 500 units are to be constructed during the next four years, would be take~ into considera tion in determi n ing the probab le marlcet absorption in the general areao Both the City of Atlant a and t he Feder Al Government have con tiderable investment in Rockdale . Mr. Alexander asked Mr o Jones · to ~ive a rep ort on possible loca tfons :or pre-fabricated ~ ~ ~~2 s in Atlanta Mr. Jones stated that there is some effort to build this type of house in Atlanta, Bu t that there is difficulty because of tht At~anta Building Codeo This code states that the plumbing., electrical~ a nd heating fixtures be installed on site in Atlanta , and that the pre-fabricated houses come with these fixtures and electrical circutes a lre ady installedo However, there are plans being matlc now t'or sorr,e sites on which prefabricated houses could be located by des~g inating special areas �Page Four where t his type of housing could be installed . He also stated that the amount of land required to bui ld a house on was too gr~at economically in Atlanta for this t ype of house, and that there are also plans under way to cor rect this by per~itting them to be built on a 50 1 x 100 1 lot , or 60 x 83.33 1 (5,000 sq. feet instead of 7,500 sq. feet, i;.ihich is now requ:.red.) Mr. Alexander stated that· he thought that organizations such as Tech so~ld organize studies of the ho0sing situation in Atlanta, which would be made available to this Committee. He asked ·rrir . Winn if the Construction and Design Panel were looking into this n ow? Mr. Robert Winn , Construction and Design Panel, stated that there will be a r meet±ng of his panel a week from next Tuesday to discuss this. Mr. J o e s inquired if the present meeting time a nd date for this Committee was satisfactory, and t h e reply was affirmative. He also stated that he had appeared before t he Zoning Co~mittee on several occasions and felt that it would carry more influence with them if th ~s Commit tee co uld take definite action on some areas before he re-appeared. He stated that there were three sites in particular coming up for re-zoning hearings soon on which he. would like for the Committee as a group to indorse and support, ie 1. 2o 3o Fa irburn Road Jonesboro Road North of Baker 's Ferry Road Alexander s t a ted that he felt that it wa s too soon to t ake any definite acti on on these sites as yet. lflro Mr. Burge moved that t his Cammi ttee accept the present Paper 11 as a g uide for further action. 11 Whi te The mot i on was seconded and carried unanimously . There being no further business, the mee ting was adj ourned at 11~35 a . mo Respectfully submitted~ ~ ? /J;:f}( / 0 d~,!:,...c;!'(J}.,. ~ '-.\,f\Q,.,,f:2-, Ma lcolm D. J o· Supervisor of nspection Services Encl: "White Paper 11 (without a tta chments ) �