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iHNUTES ATLANTA CIVIC DES!GN COMMISSION NOVE MBER 9, 1967 The regular meeting of the Atlanta Civic Design Commissioh was held Thursday, November 9, at 2 p.m,, in Committee Room #4, City Hall, with the following r::iembers present: Joseph S. Perrin, Chairman Mrs. Alvin M. Ferst, Secretary Harry J, Baldwin •1'.r. L. Ca 11 oway Samuel I. Cooptcr John c. Gould Julian Harris H, King McCain Guest present: Howard Openshaw, Directo r of Red e v e lopment, Atlanta Housing Authority Minutes of the October 26 meeting will be distributed during the following week, along with minut e s of the November 9 meeting. CHAIRMAN I S REPORT Mr . Perrin stated that following the last meeting, he had talked to Alderman Mi llican who stated that action on the proposed bridge ordinance will be delayed until members of th e Aldermanic Board and the ACDC can get to ge ther to exchange views about the purpose and provisions of the ordinance. Thus, th e chairman presented a letter to be forwarded to Alderman Millican concerninE a date for the groups to meet. After informin g Mr . Cecil Alexander that the ACDC was interested in se ei ng the preliminary plans of the " Platform City," Mr. Perrin stat e d that Mr . Alexander concurred that he will check with his associates and that the Commission will ha ve the opportunity to r e view the proj e ct~ Th8 chairman reported that a prop osal · for review has bee n r e ceived from Rob er t and Company , re th e Forsyth- Broad-Wa lton Streets area. as referred to the Commission fr o m Mr . Ray Nixon. Th~ plans will be forwarded to Mr . Muldawer , chairman of the Desig n Review Committee , for review. It was brought out that members of the Commission are frequently embarrassed when persons inquire about actions of the Commission rela t ive to projects in t~e city, when the Co mmission has not b een advised of the development of same. Thus, Mrs, .Ferst suggeste d th at another l e tter be designed, p ossibly signed by Mayor Allen, to be forwarded to various city departments, requesting that the ACDC be advised in advance of the development of important related issues. The chairman also reported on the following correspondence: 1. Letter of October 27 to Alderman Cook, forwarding ACDC's resolution concerning th e Terminus a~ea, as presented by Mr. Garrett and approve d by the Commission at the Octoher 26 meeting. 2. The Design Review Committee's . report on the proposed Turnkey Publie Housing Development at Hollywood Road, as forwarded to Mr. ~:atthew D. Bys try on October 27. �2 .. J. Letter of October 27 to Mayor Allen re recommendations to fill impending vacancies on the Commission . 4. Letter of Novem ber 2 to Mr. Herb Re e se, extending thanks for preparing list of property o wners of the Terminus area. 5. Le tter of November 2 to Mr , Robert Bivens, extending thanks for inviting members of ACDC to meet with Central Atlanta Progress, Inc., on October 17, 6. Draft of letter to b e for ward e d to the Mayer 1 s Office , recommending tha t Mr. John Portman be invited by letter from the Mayor to serve as the first member. of a special resource and advisory committe e of th e ACDC _, OPENSHA W P RES ENTATION: Mr. Howard Opensha w, on behalf of the Urban Rene wal Policy Committ~e for the Board of Alderm e n, presented for revie w a proposal for a motel on Capitol Avenu e , across from the Juvenile Court and Atlanta Stadium. Durin g the discussion of th e proposed project, the question was posed if p e rhaps th e City or State might ne e d this parc e l of land for future develop me nt. Members expressed concern r e lative to this proposal as it r e lates to thP- ne,··d for an overa ll master plan fo r th e governmental groups. The se p lan s we re re t a ine d b y the Co mmission to be further studied by th e Des i gn Rev ie w Co mm it tee , and a wri t ten r e por t submitted to th e Atl a n ta Housing Au tho rity . SE CRE TARY RE POR T: Mrs. Ferst, Co - c hairman of the Co mm un i cat i on s Co mm i t t ee, r e po r t ed that she h as talked with Mrs . An n Mo s e s in t he May or 1 s Off i ce ab out her h elp i n setting up better comm unicati on s f o r the Co mmissio n wi th other re l ated gr o u ps. Mrs. Fe rst reported that Ann Butler, Re co rd i n g Secre t a r y , wi l l prepa r e a list of ACDC accomplishments fr o m t h e minutes of previous ACDC meetin r, s, and will set up a c a rd file f o r the Commission ' s mailing list. Mrs. F e rst s ub mitt e d a list of persons whom Mr. Mulda wer requ e sted be i n v ite d to t he De c ember 14 me e ti ng . COMMITTEE REP ORT Hr,. McC a in, chairman of the Ap peara n ce & Sa n ita t ion Commi tte e, presen t ed information on a "rolling steel do o r " product t o ho u se ga rbag e cans. Durin g the ensuing eonversation, me mbers di scu s se d pr oble ms fa ced b y th e city re la tive to sanitation and appeara nce. Mr. Calloway su ggest e d th a t an ordinance is needed whereby a tenant, rather than o nly the owner of prop e rty concerned, could be held liable for violation of sanitation laws . �.. 3 AT' JOr HN 1 ErnT: Hr. Perrin reminded the me mbers that a special meeting may be called within the next few weeks concerning the bridge ordinance. He added that the December 14 meetin g , to which th e Terminus property CM'n ers and other per sons concerned with the Terminus development are invited, will meet in the Al4.ar-m.an.;i~ Chambers. There being no further busine s s, th e meetinf,, was adjourned at Ann Butler Re cording S~eret ary J:45 �