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CITY OF ATLANTA OFFICE OF INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS 800 CITY HALL Atlanta, Georgia 30303 September 25 , 1969 WILLIAM R . WOFFORD, P.E ., R . A. INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS CHARLES M. SMITH , E.E . A S ST. INS PECTOR OF BU ILDI NGS • MEMORANDUM To : Mr. Dan E. Sweat , Jr., . Director of Governmental Liaison From: Mr , W. R. Wofford , Building Offi ~ Subject: Demolition Grant No. Ga . M-1 Attached herewith is information re lative to our Demolition Grant Program. As soon as a financial statement is prepared by the Office of Director of Finance where these records are kept, I will forward it to you. In order that you may have a complete picture of the Demolition Grant Program, I have included more detailed information than requested. It can be seen from the report, after owners were notified and hearings held, many owners elected to demolish their own houses, thus relieving the City of this task. Owners of the 282 houses progrannned to be demolished in the Demolition Grant Area were notified of the City's intention to demolish each house involved should they fail to do so. I would like to point out that under "In Rem" authority, the City has demolished houses outside of the Demolition Grant Area and placed liens on the property for the demolition costs involved. We, therefore, are able to fully recover the cost of demolition whether or not the house is in a Demolition Grant Area. WRW:gs �On August 23, 1966, application was made to HUD for a Demolition Grant. On November 11, 1966 the contract was executed, and our program dates from that time. At that time the Demolition Grant Area comprised approx imately the Eastern 2/3 of what is now our Model Cities Area, and it was planned to demolish 157 structur es during the Grant Program. Ex perience showed that while the number of demolitions were proceeding about as planned, voluntary compliance by owners was reducing the number demolished under contract drastically, and that the funds allocated were not being used at the rate anticipated. Theref ore, in March 1968 an amendment was proposed and accepted on May

1, 1968 increasing the Grant Area to about l/7th of the City in the southe a st section. The number of structures to be demolished was increased to

282 . Since that time our rate of pr ogress has been accelerated, but the ratio of owner demolitions t o Gr ant f und demolitions has remained essentially the s ame. For ex ample the total demolit ions in the a rea dur ing the Gr ant period is 224. Of thes e, the owner s have volunta rily demolished 163, while the City has only h ad to demolish 61 . We feel that this r atio is a desirable thing from t h e st andpoint of public r ela tions, since it minimizes dispute, legal complica t ions, and advers e publicity . I t sh ou l d be poi n ted ou t t hat in planning this Pr ogram no adequat e pr ovi sion or a llowanc e f or owner demolit ions wa s include d . For th i s r e a son the f unds actua l ly spent a re l e s s than tha t pr ovided under the Gr ant . The followi n g is a compl ete breakd own of our pr ogres s as of Se pt ember 22 , 1969. 1. To be demol i sh ed Tot al 157 2. 282 3. Re sidential 141 To be demoli sh ed Total Init i a l e s t i mate 224 Number of Uni t s 203 Revis ed Estimate Residentia l 256 Residential 206 Mi xed 11 5 Ac t ually demoli shed Tot al Non- Residentia l Non- Re s i dential 12 Mixed Numbe r of Unit s 14 363 Mixed Number of Un its 7 312 Cumul ative Total Non- Re sidential 11 �Total 163 Residential Total 61 Non-Residential 148 8 Number of Units Mixed 219 7 At Project Expense Demolished 5. Residential Non-Residential 3 58 Mixed Number of Un!i:ts 0 93 Mixed Number of Units Remaining of Contract 60 Total 58 Residential Non-Residential 1 50 51 7 Now in process in Grant Ar ea 7. Total Residential 36 32 Non-Residential Number of Units 48 4 Balance - 8. Total 9o Owner's Expense Demolished 4. 22 Residentia l Non-Re sidential -18 -4 Number of Units -3 Structur es Repaired (e stimated)'l'( Total 75 Residential 72 Non-Residentia l 3 Statement: Total estimated Demolitions under Grant, 282 - Total demolished to date 224 Active cases 36 Repaired (estimate) 75 335 Total 282 53

We feel these should be counted as they were included in the planning count, but repaired by owner. �