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C~TY OF DEPARTMENT OF PARKS OFFICE OF GENERAL MANAGER ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 February JACK C . DELIUS 12, 1969 I / CENE RAL MANAGER FRED P. WHITLEY ASST . GEN . MANAGER FRED. W. BOSWELL ASST. GEN, MANAGER VIRGINIA CA RMIC HAEL, CIR . OF RECREATION Honorable Charlie Leftwich, Chairman Aldermanic Parks Committee 1665 Jonesboro Rd., S.E. Atlanta, Georgia 30315 STANLEY T . MARTIN AOMIN . ASSISTAN.T Dear Mr . Leftwich : Pursuant to the several converstions you have held with the undersigned, al ong with the interest expressed . by Mayor I van Allen, Jr ., I asked Miss Dorothy Yarbrough of our Recreation Divi s ion to comput e a s a ccurat e ly as pos s ible the cost of op e r a ting our r es ident c a mp and the wilderne ss camp at Lake Allatoona. I have take n the libe r ty of xeroxing her response which include s a breakdown for cost per resident camper at $42.35 for a five day period and a cost for wilderne s s resident camper of $28.20 for a five . da y p e riod. I have di s cuss e d v e ry thorou g hly with a l l the Rec r eat i on Supervisors the opinions e xpre s sed by you and Mayor Allen as to the expens es i n volv ed in operating a camp, particularly one that is some forty-five miles f~om City Ha ll . I have ma de the sugges tion that pos s ibly we s hould i n crease the numb e r of p arti c ipant s and lowe r the dura tion of s t a y in · orde r to r educ e t he p e r camper cos t. I s ti ll f e e l the r e is s ome me rit in t hi s sugge s t ion ; howe ver , the supervisors r epre s enting the five areas of At l a nta without exc eption s t a t e tha t c iti ze n s i n their areas of Atlanta were v e r y pl eased with the f ive d a y sche dule a nd woul d prefe r i t not to b e r e duce d. · We a r e care ful l y a voidin g the e xp e nditure of a ny City f u nd s for a nything o t h e r tha n a b s olut e b as i c ma int e n a nce and upkeep a t both our camping facilitie s . We have howeve r, i nclude d i n our 1969 p r op o sal to EOA p rov i sio ns f o r camping . I .t see ms t hat OEO in Wa shing ton plac e s great e mp h as is on c a mping exp e ri e nc e and s inc e we h ave condu ct e d t hi s prog r a m with Fe d e ral fund s for the l as t -seve r a l y ears , I f ee l it in the b es t i n t eres t n o t to r emove i t during 1969 . �Honorable Charlie Leftwich February 12, 1969 Page 2 _ ..... -- ,/ I appreciate your continuing interest in our camping facilities, and I am ordially, Delius eneral Manager of arks and Recreation JCD:bf Enclosure cc: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. Honorable G. Everett· Millican Honorable Rodney M. Cook Honorable Douglas L.· Fowlkes I �