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MINUTES ATLANTA CIVIC DESIGN CO MVI SSION J ANUA RY 12, 1967 Th e r 0 gul a r moo ting of th e Atla nta Civic Design Commission was h~ld Thursday, January 12, at 2 p~m., in Committ ee Room
4, City Ha ll, with the following
members pr e s e nt:
H. King McC a in
Sa m'l Inma n Coop~r, Ch a irman
Jos e phs. Pe rrin, Vic e -Chairma n
Mrs. Alvin M. Fe rst, S e creta ry
Harry J. Baldwin
J. Ben Moore
Paul ~fulda we r
Gu e st pr e sent:
Eric Ha rknes s, City Plan nin g De partme nt
Minute s of th o Dec e mb e r 8 mo o ting we re approved.
CHAIRMAN'S RE PORT
Chairman Coo per reporte d that the follo win g l e tt e rs hav e b e en rec e ived
or writte n b y the Commission:
1.
Le tter of De c. 15 to May or Allon st a tin g ACDC support to the May or' s
Housing Pro gram , a nd the May or' s reply th e r e to.
2.
Le tter of Dec. 15 to Rob e rt W. Bive ns, Ex e cutive Dir Lctor, Central
Atlanta Pr ogress, thanking him for me : ting with AC DC on De c. 8.
A copy of the ACDC l e tt e r to the Board of Ald ermen r eq u e sting funds
for initiating of mod e l of downtown At l a nta was forwardad to Mr .
Biv e ns, so that CAP c an consider colla bor a tin g with ACDC on this
und ertaking .
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Letter of Dec. 21 from ~ . L. Calloway, d e scribing improveme nts made
on th0 Atlanta Transi t Company p arking lot.
4.
Le tt er of De c. 22 to Robert Sommervill e , Presid e nt of Atlanta Transit,
stating ACDC comme nd a tion for tr ea tm e nt of property describ e d in
Calloway l e tt e r, and Mr. Sommerville 's r e ply the r e to.
5.
Le tt e r of De c. 22 to Ald e rma n Rodn ey rCook re report of "Community
Improveme nt Program,'.' and Alderm an Cook ' s r e ply th e r e to.
6.
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Le tte r
of Dec . 22 to r-,ia yor All e n r e pr ese rvation of "historic al
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Lutter of Jan. S to Archit e ctural Mod e ls, Inc., r e their propos3l
for th e construction of a scale mod e l of Atlanta busin e ss district.
8.
Lett e r of Jan. S to Wm. 'f . Eichbaum re propos a l for construction of
scal e mod t: l of Atlanta busine ss district.
9.
Le tter of Jan. 10 to v a rious city d epartme nts, architects, n ew s
me dia, e tc., r e qu e sting th a t plans for architectural r e vi ew by th e
Commi ss ion b e submitt e d in th e ir pr e limina ry stag e s, a s per a me ndme nt
to ordinanc e a pprove d 12/7/66~
Th e Ch a irman also r e porte d tha t
he a tt e nd e d th e mee ting of the Finance
Comm i t tee of the Board of Ald e r me n on J a nu a r y
reque st for ~51 0 0 0 wa s
consid e red.
6, a t which ttme ACDC 1 s
A d e cision was not r e nd ered at that ti me • .
HI S TORIC SITES & STRUCTUREQ
Mr. Ba ldwin r e porte d h e had cont a cte d Mr.
Atto rney ' s
Offic e , as r eq u este d a t
"hist oric sit es and structur e s".
ges t e d wher e b y Ci ty h as fir s t
off e r ed for s a l e ,
th e l as t
of th e City
meeting, r e pr es e rva tion of
Mr. P ilche r
o pt ion to buy ,
P ilch e r
f ee ls tha t
proc ed ur es su g -
in cas e th o pr o p e rt y is e ith er
or is approved for d e molition, are go od po ss ibiliti es
for p r e s e rving th ese si t es .
He furth e r
s u ggest e d th e follo win g s t e ps be
taken:
1.
ACDC agree wha t site s a nd/or structur e s are of "historic a l signific a nce", a nd make a d e clar a tion of same t o b e pr ese nte d to th e Board
of Ald e rm e n;
2.
Ch e ck with the Parks De partme nt r e mana g e me nt;
J.
S ee Land Department for inform a tion r e acquirin g prop e rty;
4.
See Mr. J a k e Buchannon of the Hou s in g Cod e to s ee if th e minimu m
ho using requireme nt s are met.
It was suggested th~ t
on J an u ary 26 to discuss
Mr. Pi lch er be invit e d to meet wit h ACDC
th is ma tt er .
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GENERAL DISCUSSIONS:
Appointments to Commission
Members present discuss e d the possibility of amending the ordinance
creating the ACDC, whereby r e -appointme nts to the Commission could be
made.
The Chairm a n was requested to contact Sam Massell to sec if this
request could be presented to the Board of Aldermen on January 16.
Chairman Cooper furth~ r
urg e d a good attendance at th e n ext mee ting,
so that requ es ts and/or r ecomme ndations for a ppointments to th e Commission
can be discussed.
RE Trash
Commission discuss e d the trash probl e m in the downtown area .
Mr.
Perr in f e els that an aesthetic committee is needed to come up with id ea s
on tr a sh r e ceptacle s, or perhaps to suggest some alternative, the reby making
it
easy for action to b e tak en.
Mr. Perrin moved that th e ch a irman appoint a 3-man committe e to
come up with concrete sug be sti ons for this probl e m for AC DC approval, and
if feasible, to b e f orward e d to th e Sanitary Department, with a copy of
same
to th e Planning Department.
~ ith th e concurr e nc e of th e Commis sion,
this action will b e postponed until the n ew Commission memb ers and officers
are e lected.
RE City Showing at Ar t s Festival
The following motion, mad e by Mr. Perrin, was passed:
"That the Commission authorize , Mr. Perrin and Mrs. Ferst t o approach the
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~~rd of the Atlanta Arts Festival with the idea of a city showing, to be
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that ACDC recognizes."
It was suggested that if the Arts Board approve •
the id e a, th e Mayor
should b e contacted for his ideas a nd then see the Planning Department to
set goals for the show.
Harkne ss Pres e ntation
Hr. Eric Harkn uss revie wed the r e commendations made in th e
Improv e ment Program" boo kl e t.
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Commurii ty
A copy of tho bookl e t was distribut e d to
members pr e sent, with the Chairman's request that they read it and give
th e ir reactions to same at the ne xt meeting.
Mr. Harkne s s and me mb ers concurre d that for the s e CIP r e comme ndations
and ACDC 1 s program to b e more e ff e ctive , the public should b e b e tter
informe d of the proble ms and a chi e v ements.
COMi' I TTE E ON P ERCE NTA GE FO R ARTS
Mr. Perrin rea d the r e po r t of the co mmi tt ee re co mme ndi n g a pr o p os e d
o rdinan c e b e prepare d f or prese nt at ion t o th e Boa rd of Al derme n pr ovid i ng
f o r a certain pe rc e ntage of
t he tot al p ro j e ct c os t f o r the alli e d arts.
This report was appr o ve d b y t h e mem b ers present. a nd Chairman Cooper
requested Mr~ Perrints c ommittee t o draft s u ch an or di nanc e to be pr e s e nted
t o the Board of Ald e rmen~
ARCHI TECTURA L REVIE '1l"
The foll owin g preli min a r y pla n s wer e revi e we d :
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Benteen Park
Cleveland Avenue Pa rk
Empire Blvd. Park
Harper Park
Shady Valley Park
�- 5 Mr, Mtildawe r reported t -hat he; as chairman of th e architectural
r Pvi ew committee* had previously revic w~d these plans, and read to the mem•
bers his letter to Mr. Jack De lius, General Manager of the Parks Department,
e xpressing his opinion of the plans.
Mr. Muldawer suggested that Mr.
De lius or his representative be invited to a meeting to establish a design
criteria for parks.
A l e tter,as dictated by Mr. Perrin, inviting Mr. Delius or his
repr e sentative to the J a nuary 26 mee tin g , was a pprove d by the me mb e rs, a nd
will be forwarded to Mr. Delius.
Mr . Muldawer further requested that as a monthly action, a l e tter
be s e nt to the pr e ss, stating th e numb e r
of a rchite ctur a l r e v iew s made
a nd naming those projects and architects commended by ACDC.
~fOTIO N:
Mrs. Fers t 1 s motion to s eek one- hundr e d doll a rs ( ~ 100) to d eve lop e
s ome form of s eal or citati on to be given by ACDC to proj e cts of outstandin g
meri t in t he judgement
of the Commi ssi on, was pa s se d.
The meeting was adj ou rn e d at
Ann Butle r
Re c or din g Se cr e t a ry
4 : 40
p . m.
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