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MINUTES ATLA NTA CIVIC DES I GN CO MMISSION JULY 14, 1966 The regular me eting of the Atlanta Civic Design Commission was held Thursday, July 14, at 2 p.m., in Committee Room the follo wing members present:
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Cit y Hall, with
Chairman Sam'l I. Cooper, Vice-Chairman
Joseph H. Perrin, Mrs. Alvin M. Ferst, Secretary; Messrs. Paul Muldawer ,
Harry J. Baldwin,
Julian Harris, W. L. Calloway, H. King McCain, and Mr s.
Edith Henderson.
Guests were:
Mr. Eric Harkness, City Planning Depart-
ment; Mr. James P. Hudson, Planners & Engineers Collaborative; and Mr.
S. Jarvin Levison, Atty.
Minutes of the June 16 meetin g were approved.
Chair man Cooper presented a copy of the form letter to be sent
to a rchitects ackno wled g ing receipt of their submissions to be revie wed
b y A.C .D .C., a co py of which wi l l also be sent to the City Building
Inspector.
A roster has been s et up to record submissions, arc h itects
s ub mitting, date s r evie wed, etc.
Cha i rman Coop e r
in Denver .
reported on the AIA Convention he attended in· J ul y
He expresse d hi s vi e ws of De n v e r
i n g e ne ral , comme n ting o n
the u s e o f b r i dges c on necting buildin gs; rounded cu r bs at street co r n ers;
and part i cu l ar l y, the clean li ness of
the City.
Mr . Muldawer presen t ed and r eviewe d the d esign c r ite ri a and r e p o rt
of the Architectural Committee of A.C.D.C.
(C op i e s at t ached )
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The possibility of an ordinance re g ardin g over-hanging street
s ig ns was discussed.
Mr.
Harris was requested to bring any data h e may
have on the subject to the Au gust 11 meetin g , at which time the c h airman
wi l l appoint a committee to work with the City Planning Department in
drafting a proposed sign or d inance.
The follo wing motions were ap p ro v ed:
(1)
A .C .D .C. members will g o to t h e City P lan n in g De partment a ·t
the
July 28 meetin g for acquisition of kno wledge and background of
the department, what the y a re worki ng on, etc.
(2)
A. C .D.C. me mbers wi l l g o to the Metropolitan Pl a nn i ng Depa r t ment
in the Gl en n Bui ldin g at th e Au g u s t
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me e tin g ,
if ag r e e a bl e wi th
ARMP C.
Work i ng dr awi n gs for the f ol l owi n g s ubm i s si ons we r e re vie wed
,)y A . C .D.C.:
(a )
Ad di tio n to Lakew ood Hei g h t s El e me nta ry S c h ool - Cunni ngha m &
Forehand, Ar c hite cts
(b)
Addition to Gideons Elemen t ary School -
Cu nningham & Forehand, Arch.
(c)
Mo zley Park Recreati o n Center - Dale & Smith, Arch.
Letters will be sent t o the a r chitects t hanking them for their
submissions.
Letters to b e sent to Atlanta S cho o l
Board and Parks Dept.
with A.C.D.C. comments and/or recommendations regarding submitted plans
wi ll be drafted by the chairma~ and presented at the next meeting.
�- 3 Mr.
James P. Hudson appeared before the Commission in regard to
preservation of trees on the 40 1 setback on commercial property.
Th e
Commission concurs with Mr. Hudson that some restrictions are needed
whereby a certain percentage of trees be left on the 40 1 setback.
Mr t:.
Edith Henderson, in collaboration with A.S.L.A. and the City Plannin g
Department, will draft a proposed tree ordinance and present at a fu tu : · ·
meeting.
Mr. Eric Harkness of the Planning Department, and Mr. S . Jarvin
Levison, attorney for Dr. Milton Smithloff, promoter of the Treemont
Apt. Bldg., requested the Commission's recommendation regarding the
r e zonin g of land on 14th Street for this hi gh-rise apartment.
The
follo wing motion wa s approved by the Commision:
"T HAT TH ROUGH THI S COMMI SS IO N
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RE COMMEND THE CO NDITIONAL REZO NI NG
OF THAT S EC'l'IO N OF LAND BETWEEN 13TH AND 14TH S TREE TS , I N ORT·ER TO
PER MI T THE CONS Tnu C TIO N OF THE PROPO SED TREE MONT AP T . ' AS INDI CATE}")
ON PRELI MI NARY DRA WI NGS .
THI S HECO MY. EN DATION DOES NOT ATTE MP T TO
A PRE C"CDENT FOR FUTURE COMPA RABLE DE VELO PME NT.
Mr . Perrin prese nte d t he r ep ort o f
r e gar din g Ca p ito l
mi nu tes of
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the mee tin g of Comm it t ee
Park a nd " pe rc e ntage fo r a llied art."
Copy of
t he mee t i n g are a tta ch e d.
Motion was a ppr o ved ch a ng in g A. C . D .C . q u or um from 9 to 8.
The mee ting was adjourned by Chairma n Cooper a t
An n Butler
Re cord i n g S e cr etary
5 : 3 5 p.m.
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