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,· OF DEPARTMENT OF PARKS OFFICE OF GENERAL /,\M~AGER . ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 JACK C. DELIUS GENERAL MAt~ACER FRED P. WHITLEY ASST. CEN . MANAGER FRED. W. EOSViE LL Asst . CEN. ,.1ANAC!:R VIRGl:IIA CAF<M ICHAEL, C>IR. OF RCCAEATION STM,LEY T. ~IARTIN AD~UN . ASSl5 TANT

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>: Dear Mrs. Smith: .Thank you very much for your letter of February 24, 1969,_ which was received on March 6, 1969 regarding the need .· ,. for a swimming pool at Anderson Park. I address this letter primarily to your since your name appeared first f on the l e tter of petition and I am taking the liberty of sending carbon cop ies to Messrs . Miller and Hart ~ since this office has addresses on these t wo gentlemen. In addition, I am taking _the liberty of sending c arbon

copies of this letter along with copies of yours to

the members of the Park Committee of the Board of Aldermen

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f ·:. and staff members of this department . ' !. : Out of the fifteen swimming pools currently operated by the City of Atlanta, five of them do not meet modern Fulton County Health Department specifications. These ,_. pools are Pi~dmoI)t, Maddox , Washington, Oakland City, L and Mozley. Every conceivable attempt is made to maintain rJ sufficient maximum hygenic standards in that . these five ~'.; mentioned pools are not pres·ently fi l t e red. Each and 1--: every one of them is scheduled for replacement in cur -~ 15 year Park and Recreation Plan~ ! Fi We particularly appreciated your kind rema rks concerning . at Anderson Park and location doe s nee d a · swimming pool. However , a large percentage of the 1969 Park Improvement Budget has be en earmarked for Model Cities and urban beautification. A total of some 32 different projects are listed which will~ we hope, be comple ted in 1969. This will utilize every penny of funds made ava ilable to thi s ·departme nt by ·_ the Boa rd of Alderme n for capital i mp ro vements . r~ we development which has taken place fully agre e with you tha t this �..

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/ . rs. Geneua H. Smith --- - ·----- -·March 7, 1969 Page 2 . -~ - . I .I \ . .• ---...... -~;;::::.-. , , --- I .·• When Mr. ·w. Z. Miller recently came before the Parks Committee of the Board of Aldermen requesting that a _.. . , ,. ~ swimming pool be built at the earliest possible time . / at Anderson Park, several members of the Committee stated that they would make an attempt or at least request additional capital improvement funds for this department from the new bond issue authorized late las~ year. As 1 I understand it, a number of capital projects from all twenty-odd departmeijts are being listed now and .priorities will shortly be est~blished as to the utilization of this bond money. It must cover sewers, streets, bridges, etc.; not jgst parks. A member of this department, Mr. Charles Devon of our Park Engineering Division,- was present when a community services coordinator stated at a meeting held in your -community last year that plans did include a swimming pool and bathhouse for Anderson Park to be completed during 1969. Mr. Devon was completely shocked at this statement and corrected the man immediately thereafter. Not even the undersigned, as General Manager of Parks, -has the authority to obligate the City of Atlanta · to ·· projects -where no funds exist. Please be assured that I do have a definite personal interest in the future growth of recreation facilities for the · Dixie Hills area and in particular Anders-o n -Park. You can indeed count on me to the extent that I am allowed to construct new items within the capacity. of available funds. · ., We appreciate your continued assistance, and I am ordially, s~w C. ~_J ack C. Delius eneral Manager of Parks and Recreation i - -~ i . JCD:bf cc: Mr. W. Z. Miller, Community Civic Club, Inc. Mr. Charles Hart, CNAC Representative Aldermanic Parks Committee, w/xerox Mr . Stan l ey T. M-:1.rtin , Jr ., Asst. Gen . Mgr. Mr . A. P. Brindley, Parks Engineer Mr. Johnny ?.ob i :'.'.son. , I,:~yor' s Off i ce r , t �