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HI NU TES ATL~NTA CIVIC DESIGN CO HEISS10N AP RI L 1 J , 19 6 7 Th e regular me e ting of the Atlanta Civic Design Commission was held Thursday, Apr i 1 1 J , a t 2 p •m• , in C om mi t tee Ro om

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Ci t y Ha 11 , w i th th e f o 11 o win g mempers present: Joseph S. Perrin, Chairman Paul Muldawer, Vice-Chairm a n Mrs. Alvin M. Ferst, S e cretary Harry J. Baldwin Samu e l I. Cooper Franklin M. Garrett John C. Gould Mrs. Edith Henderson J. Ben Moore Gu e sts present: Mr. Frank J. Bull, Bull & Ke nn ey Architects Mrs. Silve r, (Student Reporte r) Ge orgia State College Minutes of the March 23 meeting we re approved. CHAIR.MA N'S RE PORT: Hr. Pe rrin reporte d on the follo wing corr esp ondencE-: 1. Lett e r of J/27 from Mr. Richard H. Rich, Rich's, Inc., thanking ACDC for its commen d at ion of Rich's 100th anniversary c e lebr at ion; 2. Mem o dated J/Jl to the Atlanta Board of Aldermen, reques ting denial of petit ion for zonin g ch a ng e for property loc ate d in front of the Old South Mot el on th e S outh Expre ss way at Cle v e land Av e nue, pending an investig a tion of th e potential best utilitization of such strip developmE.:n ts. J. Letter of 4/5 fro m Mr . Rob er t H. Jon e s, Presiden t of Ol d South Mot e l, thanking ACDC for a bove mention ed mem o to the Boar d of Aldermen. Mr . Jon es add e d that th e petition was defeated. 4. Let ter of 4/ 6 to Mr. Lest er H. Pe rsells, At l a nta Housing Authority, re re view of pro pas a ls for the Rockdale Urb a n Re d e ve la pme nt Area . 5. Letter of 4/6 to Mr. Robert F. J:,y l e , att or ney, r e dr af t of ordin,::inc e for presentation to the Board. of Aldermen dealing with a percentage for the allied arts • 6. Letter of 4/6 from Mr. James B~ Pil cher, City Attorney's Office, re pres e rvation of sit e s and struct.ul'es of historical or architectural v a 1 u e i n A t la n ta • �- 2 ~e tters dated 4/6 to Dr. Wm. M. Suttle s, Georgia State Coll e ge; a nd Mr. -J a me s H. Finch, Finch, Ale x a nd er, Barne s, Rothschild & Paschal, r e qu e st~n g d e sign coordination for v a rious co mplex e s being d e v e loped contiguously . ~ round th e central city. ·, Memos dated 4/13 to Ern e st Da vi s , State Auditor; Ea rl Land e rs, Admin -. As s t. to Ma y or All e n; and Alan Ki e pp e r, Fulton County Manager; r e design c o ordination for va rious com p lex e s. 7. 8. 9. Le tt e r of 4/13 to Mayor Iva n Alle n, r e que sting that Mr. Jos ep h B . Brow d e r, Vic e -Pr e sid e nt of Ge orgia Powe r Co mpan y , b e appointed to th e Co mmission

t o r ep l a c e Mr. Orbie Bostick, who ha s r e sign e d.

Th e cha ir ma n a dd e d tha t h8 h as r e c e iv e d no re p l y to l e tter of Ap ril 6 wr it t e n to Mr. Hu gh Thomp s on o f the C&.'3 Ba nk, i nvi ting hi m to meet with the Co mmission tod a y r e "Te r minus II d e v e lopme nt. Mr. Mulda wer sta ted that h e h aS' .h eard th a t Mr. Tho mp s on is no lon g er with the bank. VI CE~ CHA I R.M AN I S REP OR T: ¥r . Mul dawe r r ep ort ed on the r eview of Ro ckda l e Urb an Re d e v e lopme nt Ar ea . o n Tµesday , Apri l rede v e lo pe r ' s propo sals fo r th e He sta t e d th a t he 11 , and a lso thi s morn in g , and th a t Gotq.. d! were presently a t ... .. '. Muldawer added that the had a tt e nd e d t he r e view Messrs. Ba ld win a nd the r e v iew a n d woul d b e at th e mee t i n g l ate r . d ocuments are s till o n exhibi t Mr • at t he Atlanta Ho us i ng Au~(iority, and everyone is welco me to g o and l o ok at them. l

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.: Mr . Mulda wer als o brought up the matter of a public housing project a t Har.yell Road and Skipper Driv e . Upon Mr. Perrin ' s sug ge stion, Mr. Muld awer a n d Mrs. Fer st drafted a letter to Mr. M. B. Satterfield, Executive Director of A~A, inviting him, the dev e lop er a nd ar chit e cts to submit thi s proposal to :t,he Commission for review and suggestions at the A pri 1 2 7 meeting. The letter was written and forwarded to Mr. Satterfield that afternoon. j\long this same line, Mr. Coopc, r WcU requested by the chairman to review the ACDC ordinance and give thought t,o the feasibility of requ0s ting additional authority from the Board of Aldermen :in reviewing public housing projects. �l I - 3 Mr. Coope r was urg e d to pr e sent recomme ndations to the Co mmission at the ne x t meeting, if possibl e . ( · An appointme nt was ma d e for Me ssrs. Coope r, Perrin, Muldawer and Mrs. F e rst to mee t with Mayor All e n on Thursd ay, April 27 at 10:00 a . m., r e l a tive to ~ ousing developme nt. ARC SI TECTURA L REVIE WS \ Mr. Bull, of Bull & Ke nn ey Archi t e cts , pr e s e nt e d pla n s for a dditions and re nova tio ns to Fulton High Schoo 1 on Jon e sboro Road. to ~a pprov e these pl a n s wa s p a ss e d. Mr. Pe rrin e xpr e ss e d the appr e cia tion of -.t h e mem b e rs to Mr. Bull f or th e pr o mp t ~u l l & Ke nne y for a fin e Mr. Moore 's mo ti on pre s e nta t i on , and a l s o co mme nd e d job.

The Co mmissi o n als o revi ew e d p l a ns

of the "Downtown Pr oj e ct" a t S p ri n g and _. Te chwood Vi a duct, by Toomb s, Amisa no & Wel ls, Ar chite c t s~ of ; ACD C recomme ndati ons A r e por t on thi s projec t was pr e p a r e d a n d wi ll b e forwar d e d to the a rchite cts. CO MM ITTEE REPORTS Th e r e b e in g no co mm ittee reports, Mr. P e rrin stated ho will wr i t e no t fces to various memb e r s s tr es sing th e importanc e of a t te nd a nc e and ·, projects in wh ich they are in vo lvec . OLD BU"INEc:S: Members agreed to postpone until nex t year plans for ci t y show in conjun~tion with the Arts Festival in Piedmont Park. �- 4 Mr. Cooper stated that he has prepared a general report to the Mayor on what the Commission did last year under his chairmanship. ADJOURNM~NT There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 3:30 Ann Butler Recording Secretary �