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MILESTONES NEXT PERIOD: to be promulgated. uation system Many delegate agency contracts are Finalization of the is to be effected. be completed ..

Plans and Eval- ' ,. · Staffing is expected to �CONTRACT NO. MP.-10-001 City of Atlanta Model Neighborhood Program 673 Capitol Avenue, s .w. Atlanta, Georgia 30315 Johnny c. Johnson, Directok April-May Bi-Monthly Report June 10, 1"969 Report No. 7 Frepared By Alan Wexler Technical Write INDEX Page .MA.JOR DEVELOP1'1:E:NTS. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1 General...................................... 1 Administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Social Services Planning................. Physical Planning... . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Economic Development..................... State Participation...................... 1 2 9 12 Data Collection.............................. Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 12 ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE ••••••••••••••••••••••••• . • 7 13 Policy 1and Advisory Groups.................. Staff .. .................... 13 13 RESIDENT INVOLVEMENT.. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 14 FEDERAL ASSISTANCE. • .. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 15 0 .................. 0 �I • MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS A. General, Project Status, and Other Related Projects Under Coordination A.l. Administration A.l.a. The City of Atlanta and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development officially signed ·the $7.175 million supplemental funds contract May 20. Mayor Ivan Allen Jr. signed for Atlanta and Ed Baxter, Regional Administrator, signed for HUD. Present for the ceremony were Earl Metzger, Regional Model Cities Director, and Johnny c. Johnsor Atlanta Model Cities Director. A,l.B. On May 29, the City officially designated the Negro-owned Citizens Trust Company to be the officiaJ depository for supplemental funds. This represents the largest account ever e143.215.248.55:ished by the City of Atlanta in a Negro-owned Bank. A.l.c. Also on May 29, Model Cities signed its first delegate agency contract - with the Atlanta Transit System for a $205,000 intra-neighborhood ~us system. Mayor Allen, other political leaders, business leaders and news media representatives were given a tour of the bus route, which officially was to start June 4. A.l.d. Other priority contracts were scheduled to be signed during the coming reporting period. A.l.e. A comprehensive rev iew of a ll supplementallyfunded projects was completed by the Plans and Evaluation and Program Management Divisions. This review was designed and executed to assure that each project was pronP.,..1~ A.-:: :=:.:..... '1 and ad".\ressed itself r~ ~he ~pacific objective for which it was designed. In addition, pre- contract reviews were held with a specially- appointed review team from tha Model Cities Executive Board. A.lof. The Plans and Evaluation staff began formalizing a Resident Service Information System which would l �-2- permit Model Cities to serve more adequately each resident who comes into contact with any project in the program. The system would involve nonsupplemental-funded as well as supplemental-funded agencies. Contacts were made with p~ivate firms which might be capable of designing the system. A.2 . A.l.g. Also included in preparation for implementation was a comprehensive salary study regarding simil ar job classifications in the various components. The purpose of the study was to discover salary differences in positions which will require the same type of work. Wherever such disc:r.ep:mcic s were found, the appropriate agencies were asked to review their salary scales. A.l.h. In accordance with a HUD request, Model Cities submitted an overall survey regarding in-house and on-loan administrative personnel. The study includ ec salary scales, recruiting pract ices, and types of positions . HUD h ad requeste d such action to compare similarities and differences among the various Model Cities programs throughout the nation. A.l.i. Concentrated work continued on planning for the t e nagency multi- pur pose cente r scheduled to be c omplete < by July 15. Commodore Corporation of Omaha, Nebrask, was the low b i dder for the modular-constructed, 20,000 sq. ft. facility. The contract with Commod oi i s e x pected t o b e s i gned during t he c oming repor t ing period. The contract with the Atl anta Housing Authority for t h e l and is also expected to b , s igned dur ing t h e corning r epor tin g p eriod. Social Services A.2°a. HEW initiated a signoff system whereby any of its future projects affecting 5 00/4 of the Model Cit i es area residents would require a certificate of approval from the Model Cities Director. A.2obo Several meetings were held with the ten agencies wnich will be housed in the temporary multi-purpose facil~tyo · Among the major results were establishment of an operating committee to oversee the quality of services to residents and the resolving �-3- of various adminis trative matters (decentralizing phone service~ system f or paying utility bills,etc~ ), The Committee will include agency r e presentative s and re~Jdents. A.2.c. With the Work Incentive Program (WIN) scheduled to begin L"1 July, Model Citie s established a WIN program 'l'ask For c e for the Model Cities are a. This ·Task Force will include repre s e ntative s fr om the State Department of F~mily and Children Se rvice s (DFCS)° , Fulton County .DFCS , Georgia State Employment Service, Senior Citizens , and Model Cities . Its purpose will be to develop means of coordin ating whatever services ar~ needed to make WIN successful(day care, e t c.). A.2.d. Several meetings were held t o discuss the problem of hunger. The participants were convened by federal HEW officials and i n cluded representatives of federal and local agenc ies. Subsequently and as a result of the meetings, Model Cities convened a meeting of several community-based agencies at which a U.S. De partment o f Agriculture off ici al explained the new Food For C11i ldre n program. As a result of · that mee t ing, s ome c ornrnuni t:;;"- based agencies actually fi led applications f or t he p r ogr am. A.2 .e. Representative s from the Wa.,;1 ington and Regiona l office s of HEv1 's Social Rehabilitati0n Serv ice met in an all-day briefing s e ssion with Model Ci ties staff members. Thelr purpose s were to learn how the various Model Cities p roposals r e lated to their particular work and to study Model Cities needs. A.2.f. Severa.l meetings were held with the Fulton County DFCS, and Senior Citizens in developing a protec tive services project for senior citizens. A.2.g. Contacts were made with the Board of Education to develop a training program for senior citizen s . This program would train senior citizens who would be working in the Model Cities progr am and person s who would be· working with the senior citizens. �- 4- A.2.h. The proposal by the Fulton County DFCS for Housing Aid to the aged was submitted to and reviewed by Washington federal officials. The program would coordinate information flow on housing for senior citizens and would also emphasize social services . A.2.i . . The he a lth component project entitled Health, .--• Education and Services was not favorably considered by HEW's r egiona l Technical Review Commi ttee . This project, which was for $1.3 million of the total $2 . 9 million health component budget,is considered vital to the over all program. It would provide pre-pai d health care, family outreach workers and dental serv ices . A.2.j. At least partially because of the unfavorable review on the above project, three other projects will probably b e temporarily delayed• 1"hese projects are the Health Facility building, the Group Practice Project a nd the Multi-phasic Screening Center. The latter two projects would have been housed in the Health Facility. Model Cities officials felt tha t without the Health, Education and Ser vice s Pr oject, t he other three proj ects c ould n o t f ully achieve their objectives. A. 2.k. The Family P lannin g Clinic project was still being considered by HEW's Children's Bureau and was expected t o be funded when some r elatively minor matters were resolved . A.2.1. Favor able response was also expected from HEW's Social Rehabilitation Service regarding the pr o pos ed Me nta l Re t ardation Workshop project. A.2.m. The menta l He a lth Plann er pro ject wa s still under in-house review. A.2.n. The Preventive Dental Care Project was rewritten prior to first submission. being A.2.o. Georgia State College was funded by HEW to train the e i ghteen residents on the twenty- five-membe r �-5- Better Health Corpotation Board. The Board, incorporated in January, also has seven professionals. A.2.p . .·,,_ll,," .. . ,) · ' , ;; / ~:: -.;J. ime prevention, major emphasis was in : developing the best possible relationship with every known criminal justice agency working in the area and/or that will have an impact on the area. Contacts included the Atlanta Police Depar t ment, the Fulton county Juvenile Court, Fulton County Probation Department, Fulton County 2arole District Office, State Board of Pardons and Parole , State Division of Children and Youth, State Board ' of Corrections , National Council on Crime and Delinquency, etc. A .2.q. Meetings were held with members of the residents' c rime prevention committees and with members of the profess jn~ ~l-Tech r. ical AdviBory Committee. The 1969 crime prevention plan was introduced and discussed at the meetings, and t he committees were asked to make input for 1969 implementation and · 1970_ planning. A.2.r. The Cr i me Prevention Planner did detailed work in p r eparation for implementation of the crime data compi lation project. This project, the planner f elt, should be one of the fi r st to be implemented in his program be cause it is so interrelated with all aspects of his 1969 program and with future planning. Most of t he negot iations were arranged with the Atlanta Board of Education regarding the ~un~rous educational projects which will receive supple mental funds in 1969 (Total supp lemental funds: $ 2 ,.159,00). F i nal d~tails w !re expected to be worked out in t he coming report ing period. A planning committee was formed to work on key issues which will be involved in the proposed educational complex. Included on the committee are r~presentatives of the Board of Education, Model Cities , residents, consultants, the Housing Authority, and the City Planning Department . The need for more land or a cutback in the program we r e two issues which were fa c ing the committee. �-6- A.2.u. Three meetings were held with regional federal officials, Model Cities officials and Board of Education officials. Discussions centered on new or existing possible funding resources. From these meetings, the Board of Education and Model Cities proceeded on devel oping proposals for money available throught the 11 Talent Search" project. �-7A. 3. Physical Planning A cooperative agr eement was developed between Model Cities, the Atl a nta Housing Authority and the Ci ty Housing · Code Inspection Division regarding propert i es inside and outside 1969 clear ance and rehabil itation areas. Basically , in 1969 Rehabilitation Areas, the Housing Authority will obtain a list of structures which have met city code enforcement standards in recent years. Owners whose properties cur rently mee t the standards will have the option of either taking advantage of possible gr a n ts or loans under the Housing Authority's r ehabilitation program to meet project standards or continuing to maintain structures in compliance with the City Housing Code. A.3.c. In future-designated rehabi litat ion areas other than those o f 1969, t he Housing Code Divis i on will participate on a c omplaint basis only. A .3.d. The Housing Authority will be fully responsible for demo lition activities in 1969 clearance act i on areas. A.3.e. In future-clearance areas the Housing Code Division will become involved only on a complaint basis, Generally, no new equipment installation will be required unless the residents' health or safety would be a factor without such work. A.3.f. The Housing Authority, the City Building Department and Model Cities developed policies and procedures for i nspecting and approving new prefab housing. A.3.g. Model Cities worked with the Georgia State Employment Service {GSES) to plan a construction training program for residents. It would be administered through the Model Cities Housing Center. A.3.h. Meetings were held with representat ives of the Citizens and Southern National Bank regarding their possible assistance in ~taking money and technical assistance available for housing rehabilitation and construction (See Economic Development Section.). �-8- A.3.i. A cooperative agreement was arranged with the City Planning Department which will allow Model Cities to receive adv ance notice of all Model Cities area zoning requests. The advance notice will allow Model Ci ties to review and comment on these important matter s . A.3.j. Discussions were held with representatives of t he Greater Atlanta Housing Development Corporation. The purpose wa s to persuade the Corporation to provide seed monies and technical assistance in HUD'~ 2 35 and 236 h ousing construction p rograms and in 235 ~J rehabiliat i on p ro jects . The Corporation is a private-non-profit group sponsored by Atlanta Businessmen . A.3.k. The Housing Authority, -!:he Greater Atlanta Housing Development Corporation and Model Cities agreed to explore the feasibility of relocating existing house s wh i ch are in the path o f the present Atlanta Airport construction program. A.3.1. Model Cities began rev iewing an Urban Design Framework Pr opos al for the areas. The Proposal was developed by a team of professionals. A.3.m. Model Cities worked with the Hous ing Authority in developing a project management control system for the Authority ' s Neighborhood Development Program (NDP) • A.3 .n. Pittsburgh neighborhood businessmen discussed with Model Cities how they could become involved in building businesses in renewa l areas and in becoming active in other areas of the Model Cities Program. A . 3.o. It was agreed to submit design plans to the City's Civic Design Commission. ,A. 3 .p. The nation's first deleqate agency contract was signed with the Atlanta Transit System for initiation of the intra-neighborhood bus system. (See Administration Section.) A.3.q. As of the end of the reporting period, the Atlanta Housing Authority had completed approximately 85% of its rehabilitation area i n spection work. A total of 25 grants had been made , ranging from �-9- $2,800 to $3,000. The total figure for all the grants was $73,576 . Housing Authority Officials said numerous persons in · the area were not qualifying for the gra.nts because of the $3,000 yearly gross-income limitations Eight to ten grantees had completed their rehabilitation work as of the end of the reporting period. A.4. A . 3.r. Regarding loans, between 50 and 60 were being processed for possibl e activation after July 5. Loan applications in the region had been terminated for the 1%8-69 fiscal year, but HUD officials indicated that sufficient monies would be available in the approaching fiscal year. In all; some 150 loan applicat ions had been filed, althoughmany of the applicants were e xpe cted to have yearly gross incomes exceeding the maximum ($8,400 for a family of seven ). A. 3. s . Housing Authority o ffi cials initiated action designed to i n form members of the U .S. Congress that the gross income loan limitations were too low. A congressional act in 1968 had established the limits on any NOP pro ject begun after August 1968. The a ct did not, however , affect previouslyapproved Urban Renewal efforts . Therefore, in the n earby West End Urban Renewal area, there are no i ncome limitations. A.3.;t. In clearance activit ies , 4- parcels had been acquired of the 378 parcels sched uled for 1969 acquisitions. Appraisa ls of. approximately 800/4 of the 378 parcels had been made. Most parcels were e x p ect e d to be acquired within approximately 3 months . A.3.u. Four consultants were hired by the Housing Author ity to work with residents in preparing the land-use plan and a 1970 Neighborhood Development Plan. By the end of the reporting period, two communities had met with their consultants. Economic Development {Employment and Industrial-Commercial Development} A~4.a. Intensive recruiting was curtailed during most of the reporting period because of the delay in ·funding. �-10- .--- -- However, the May 20 Atlanta-Model Cities - HUD supplemental-fund contract signing was to result in much g re ater a ctivity during the coming reporting period a It was d e cided that the Economic Opportunity Atlanta Neighborhood Center Manpower Units would conduct the call-in and referral work for the program. A.4.b. Atlanta Model Cities fa iled to convince the U .S . Labor Department and HUD that federal training f u nds should b e used to train residents in power sewing machine operations. The significanc;e of HUD's inabi lity to fund this pro j ect was that it would almos t be impossible to assist several companies which h ad expressed previous intere_st in locat i ng o r expanding their operations in the are a. Hundre ds o f res ident-filled j obs would have been involved. A.4.c. Southland Engineers and Surveyors Corporation decided to apply f o r an MA-5 contract under the National Al liance of Businessmen's program. The appli c a tion would be for fi v e app licants to be trained as rodmen. If accepted, i t was expected to be signed in early June. A.4.d. Discussions were held with Army/Navy recruiters to respond to their questions relative to the Department of Defense's lowering enlistment standards for ghetto r esidents. A.4. e- 'P. meeting was h eld with Church's Golden Fried Chicken to d e termine the feasibility of its establishing t wo s tores in the Model Cities area. _Each store would e mploy as many as eight to ten residents . Fu ture meetin g s were to be held when plans were more definiteo A.4 .f. Model Neighborhood, Inc ., a resident, non-profit development corp oration, received a grant from the Economic Development Administration for approximately $87,000o The money would be u sed to provide technical assistance to new businesses, t? identify and develop businesses which would be owned and managed by .MNI, to help develop manufacturing facilities in the area, to provide technical assistance to neighborhood groups seeking to establish local deve~opment corporat i ons, etc. �-1 1- A.4.g. In add i tion, MNI req uested $35 , 000 in supplemental funds from Mod el Ci ties . The money requested would be used t o supple ment its programs listed above. A.4.h. MNI had previo u s ly been given an EDA g r ant of $6,000 through Mod el Cit i e s a nd the City of Atlanta. Most o f those f u nds had b e en used to b e gin initial developmen t o f a shoppin g center . MNI a lso had developed a s e wing ma chin e operation in the area. It employs appr oxima tely 13 women . A . 4 .i . The Mode l Cit i e s Economic Development staff studied t he p roblems of a r e s ident busine sswoman to gain an ins igh t i n to some common obstacles fac i ng many a r ea business pe ople . The woman's main problems c o n c erned relocation o f h er customers because of urban renewa l a n d unco o r d i n ated efforts b y public a g encies. A.4. j . Techn i c al assist ance was give n to the JohnsonFluker Candy Company on -var i ous employer p rograms offered by the Ge orgia Stat e Emp loyment Se rvice . A.4.k. An important meeting wa s held with a rep re s ent a tive of Stokes and Wood Consultant fir m of Washington, D . C.; and HUD representatives. The pr i mary purpose was to e~plain the firm ' s agreement with the U.S. ~ Department of -l.,p.bor to promo te union involvement in the Model Cities Program. It appeared that local unions in Atlanta do not desire to recruit individuals who have no experience in t he building trades. A.4.1. Attempts to receive b ids for the leasing o f two jobmobiles resulted only i.n the possibility that three companies might submi t bids. The main reasons for lack of definite bid submittals appeared to be the cancel l ation clause after one year, high insurance risk, and low resa le value. The jobmobile was still scheduled to be one of the first 1969 employment projects. �A.5. State Participation A.5.a. Model Cities continued to keep various State departments i n formed as to its plans . Especially active during thi s reporting period was the Georgia State Employment Service. GSES continued ·to supply one coordinator, one planner, and three other staff members. Mod el Cities was expected to reimburse GSES for pers onnel e x penses this year. B. Data Collection B.l.a. There was a delay in releasing preliminary reports on the important 10,000-interviewee surve y being conducted b y the U . S. Department of Labor ' s Bureau of Labor Statistics. Atlanta's survey is being conducted in the area served by the Concentrated Employment Program (CEP) and in more affluent sect i ons . B . l . b. Or iginally, a general r e por t was to have been released in Ma rch . By t h e end of the reporting period, BLS o ff icials sai d the earl i est a p r e liminary repor t would be released would be in or after August. The final rep or t , which wi ll contain more specific information, was not expected to b e released b efo re December o r the first part of 1 97 0. B.l . c. All interviews were expected to be completed by June 30. c. Proble ms c.1. The major p roblem concerned the many scheduling adjustments made necessary by the delay in funding prior to the May 20 contract signing. Delegate agencies were required in some instances to change significantly their scheduled milestones. In at least one instance, a consultant told Model Cities officials that he might not be able to begin his project because he had had to place his manpower and machines on another project. �-13- II. c.2. Another major problem resulted in the refusal by HUD and the U.S. Department of Labor to allocate monies for the training of sewing machine operators. (See industrial <'levelopment section.) C.3. Labor unions did little to ensure that they will significantly assist ghetto res~dents to obtain union membership . (See industrial-commercial section.) C.4. A third major problem was the prohibition against granting any rehabilitat ion l oan s to any · family uni t ear ning more than a maximum of $8,400 a y e ar. Many needy familie s were not mee t ing the min i mum income limitat ion s a s of the e nd o f t he r eporting period . (See Physical Services Section.) ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE A. Policy and . Advi s ory Gr oups A.l . a. B. No changes were made on the Executive Board, the highest p o licy-making g roup i n the program. Howeve r , negotiat i on s began with s ome potent i al new member s t o t h e Technical Ad visory Bo ard , a gr ou p comp o sed of pub lic a n d p rivate exp erts in variou s dis c i plines . The new me mber s would f unc tion as a dvisor s t o the Plans a nd Evaluation staff. Staff B. l .a. The Direc t or for Program Manageme n t was appointed and approximately ten other n ew staff members were e mployed. The two ma jor vacancies wer e in the Direc t orships of Plans and Evaluation, and Economic Development. Other v acancies still existed in Program Management and the cler ical staff. Bol.b. Staff turnover was almost n on- existent, as it had been in the past. �-14III. RESIDENT INVOLVEMENT A. Activities Incorporation procedures continued for Stadium Heights, Inc., t he new name for the resident involvement organization . The incorporation and structural matters were expected to become offici al durin g the coming reporting period~ Four consultant fi r ms wer e hired by the Atlanta H9using Authority to work with the six neighborhoods in developing land- use plan and the 1970 Ne ighborhood De velopment Pr ogr am (in cluding clearance and rehabi l itation) . By the end o f the reporting period , one firm had met with one of his two neighborhoods and the other firms had made p l ans to meet wi th t h e i r c ommun i ties durin g the coming reporti ng period. A.l.c. The Atla nta Community Relations Commission conduct e d t wo 11 t ownha ll 11 me etings , one in Gr ant Park (s eventy people ) . and on e i n Me chani c s ville (f i fty peo p le) . Mode l Citie s rep resentatives dis cussed t he p rogram and answered residen ts ' question s a t tho se meetings. A.l.d. The 7th Mass Convention was he l d, wit h o ver onehundred peo ple attending. Howev er , since .t he supplemental-fund contract had not been signed and since most subjects h a d previously been discussed , n o official business was conducted. A. l .e. Four of the six neighborhoods met to work out procedures for di s tributing the approximately 865000 gallons of paint recently reserved for the a rea by the General Services Administration . Only resident homeowners will be eligible to receive the paint . I t was e xpected to be d i stribute d s ometime in June. �-15- IV. A.l.f. Planners met with residents of the Sugar Hill community and patrons of the Fellowship Mission to discuss the possible clearance areas which would affect them. F urther discussions were expected to be held during - the coming reporting period. A. l. g . The Communit y Affairs Division sponsored a tour of the soon -to - be -initiated intra-neighborhood bus line. The Mayor, many other public officials and s ome key residents took the tour. A.l.h. A group of residents apµ-oved the designation of the Model Cities Steering Committee to be the recipient of some $72,000 in OEO training funds. The Steering Committee was s chedu led to incorporate under the name o f St adium Height s, Inc. sometime in June. FEDERAL ASSISTANCE A . l.a . Washington and regional officials continued to provid e technical assistance. Espe c ially helpful were discussions with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and HEW's Social Rehabilitation Service (See Social Services �