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VI NUTES ATLAN TA CI VIC DESI GN CO~M I S SIO N AU GUST 25, 1966 The regular meeting of the Atlanta Civic Desi g n Commission was held
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Thursday, Au g ust 25, at 2 p , m., in Committee Room
follo win g me mbers pres e nt:
Ba ld win,
Messrs. Sa m' l I. Coo p er, Chairman;
J. Ben Moore, Jame s
The minu te s
Cit y Hall, with the
Harr y J.
H. Dodd and Paul Mulda wer.
of the Au g ust 11 mee ting we re a pprove d .
Chairman Cooper rea d th e follo win g :
(a )
Letter to Mr. Eric Harkn e ss in repl y
to his letters of Aueust 3
and 16, re th e Urb a n Bea u tific a ti on P ro g r a m.
(b)
Letter from Mr.
John Gould, e xplaini ng his a b s ence at the Au g ust 25
and Septemb er 8 me etin gs .
as t he Co mmi s s io n ' s
W.r . Goul d a lso a ccept e d his appointment
off ici a l
cont a ct with Mr.
Ha rkness
on the
Bea u tifi c at ion Pr o gram .
Chairman Coop er an nounc ed tha t
on Sep t e mb e r 8 the Co mmission will
mee t w ith Metr o p o litan P l ann in g Co mm i s sio n in th e Glenn Bu i l d in g at 2 p . m.
The West En d Urban Rene wa l
ma y be a s ked
we l l
Proje ct was dis cu ssed .
As
t h e Commission
to re v ie w this project, Mr . Moore su gg ested th a t
it mi ght be
to ask Hr . Ed gar E . S chukr a ft t o meet with the Co mmiss i on.
Coo p e r r equ e sted Mr.
Moore
to cont ac t
Chairman
Yr. S chukraft an d invite hi m to the
S ep tem b er 22 mee tin g.
Cha i rma n Co o per related h i s
t e l ep hon e convers ati on wi t h Mr. Por t man
regarding the scale model of the down t own area.
s howing a 5-block area done at a scal e of
may possibly be shipped East for
50
A mode l
of San Francisco,
feet-1", and whi c h cost ,,.i l8,000
the . Commissi o n to see.
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Chairman Coo.per stated that he has been contac-t.ed by a.n -unme,n,t -ioned
party who proposed a future dinner,
possibly at the ttarriott,
to be spon-
sored by A.C.D.C., at which there would be brought in for talks certain
nationally renowned architects, city designers, etc.
certain department heads,
At said dinner,
Mayor Allen and the Board of Aldermen,
and other
interested parties would be invited, and t he sug g ester w ould pick up the
tab.
The chairman requested the Commission to form an opinion as
wh ether
this would be beneficial to
motion was made and
the Ci ty and A .C.D.C.
to
Whereupon the
carried app rovin g the ge neral idea, and the follo wing
committee was appointed to discuss details for
definite outline of
the
proposal and brin g before the Commission:
Portman,
Pe rrin
Coop er
chairman
The follo win g com mittee was appoi nte d to collaborate with the Planning
Department in activatin g the program for historic sites and structures in
the City:
Baldwin,
Ferst
McCain
The meeting was adjourned at 2:40 p.m.
Ann Butler
Recordin g Se cretary
chairman
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