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MINUTES ATLANTA CIVIC DESIGN COMMISSION SEPTEMBER 22 1 1966 The regular meeting of the Atlanta Ci v i c Design Commission was held Thursday , September 22 , at 2 p . m., in Commi ttee Room #4 , City Hall , with the following members present : Chairman Sam 1 1 Inman CoopEr, Vice- Chairman Joseph S. Perrin , Mrs . Alvin M. Ferst _ Secretary; Messrs. Paul Muldawer Harry J . Baldwi n _ Julian Harr i s , _James H. Dodd , John C. Gould , and Mrs. Edith Henderson . Guests were : Messrs . Edgar E . Schukraft and iri c Harkness . Minutes of the September 8 meeting were approved . Cha i rman Cooper read t o the Commi s si on c orrespondence between Mr . Frank G. Ethri dge and Mayor I van Allen regard i ng a c ommemorat i ve i n Atlanta t o the Honorable Dean Rusk , Secretary of State . Mayor Allen referred thi s matter to ACDC wi th the request that i t render a decis i on as t o a proper +ocation for the propos e d c ommemor a t i ve . The Chairman re ad a letter f r om the Ci t iz ens Advi sory Commit t ee f or Ur ban Renewal rega rd i ng its th i rd quarterly meet i ng , a nd gave a bri e f '. ..~mary of the meeting of the Urba n Beauti f i ca t ion Pr ogr am which he a tt ended on Sep tember 15 . Mr. J ohn Gould , ACDC 1 s of ficia l c on tac t wi th the Pl ann i ng De partment on the Urban Bea ut i f i cat ion Program re l ated his meeting with Mr. Eric ~arkness for a progress repor t of the Be a utification Pr ogram . With the concurrence of the Commission , Mr , Gould stated he will invite Mr . Ellsworth Doresky ; Community Planner with the Housing and Urban Development , to meet with the Commission . �- 2 - A report was given by Mr . Muldawer > ehairman of the c ommittee handl i ng the develo pment of the "old city 11 area under Alabama Street and hereafter referred to as the 11 Terminus Committee , 11 He stated that Mr . Er i c Harkness had f o und no problems that would effect the underground devel o pment as far as the Ci t y i s c oncerned .

Mr . Muldawer further stated that after discussing this propo sed development with Mr . Reese Cleghorn o f the Atlanta Journal , the latter had written an edit orial on the "underground c i t y 11 , which was p ubl is hed i n th e J o urnal on September 21 article was passed ar o und t o members present f or their review . This Mr . Muldawer stated that he had on th i s date received several telephone calls in favor of the idea . gy Mr . Perr i n s tated tha t h e wo uld like t o see this devel o ped pr i vate enterpr is e ; i f p ossi ble , and feel s that Mr. J i m Townsend s hould be pu rsu e d f or s ke tches t o ar o use p ubli c i nt e rest . Me s srs . Mulda wer and Perr in wi l l arrange t o mee t with Mess r s . Town s end and Danie l o f the At lan t a Magazine fo r s a i d ske t c hes , In p urs uanc e wi th the Ma yor 1 s reque s t , th e Comm is s ion d is cuss ed pos s ible l oca t ions f or the Dean Rusk c ommemorati v e. It was b r o ught o u t tha t si n c e Mr . Ru s k had a ttend e d the Lee S treet Eleme ntary Schoo l and " Boys High 1 these sites might tie in f or a poss i b l e l ocat ion , th , e 11 Ug l y Tr i ang l e" t o Mr . Ru sk was a ls o sugg e s ted . Ded icating Th e Cha i rman was re- qu es t ed t o wr i t e t h e Ma y or on b e h alf o f ACDC f a v or a bl y t o the comme mo rat i v e > bu t wi t ho u t commi tt ing it s el f to a l o cation at t h e pr esent ti me , �- 3 - The Chairman introduced t o t h~ Commission Mr . Edgar E . S chukraft ; Chai r ma n o f the Urban Renewal Commit.tee f or t h e West End Project . Mr . Schukraft and the Commission rev iewed the devel o pments i n the West End Renewa l Pr o ject , which was started in 1956 , and a publication dealing with i t was d is tr ib u ted. Upon Mr . Sch ukraf ti·s r e qu es t f or the Commi ssion 1 s o p i nions ; it was sugge sted t hat the development o f a design criteria would be a good i dea f or West End . ACDC feel s that there could be improve- ments made gener al l y that would have a t o tal effect over the area ; rather than block after bl ock o f rehab i l itation . In regard to the Rusk c ommemor ativ e , Mr . Schukra ft stated that the Lee Str e et El ementar y S choo l is being moved to a new locat ion : and a shopp i ng center wi ll be e rected on the o ld scho ol site He urged the Commission to consider the shopping cent e r mall f or the locati on o f t he mem or ia l . On behalf o f ACDC , the Chai rman tha nked Mr. S chukraft f or h is appe aranc e before the Commission . Mr . Eric Harkness was welcomed t o the meeting . At this point ) the Commission discussed t h e lack of s ubmissions o f ~rchitec tur~l plans f or review , as requested in the Commission 1 s l etter of last June . Mr . Baldwin made the motion f or the Chairman to write the Ci ty department heads and urge their c ooperat ion in submit t ing plans i n their preliminary s ta ges . The motion was unanimously c arried . The meet i ng was adj o urned at 4 p . m. Ann But ler Recording Secretary �