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September 19 , 1967 Mr . Kiliaen v. R. Townsend , President Atlanta Motor Lodges , Inc 120 North Avenue, N. -1. Atlanta , Georgia 30313 Der Mr ~ Townsend: Thank you very much for your letter of september 8 , 1967 regarding pl ylots in the eshington Street ar a of our City . I apologize for this beleted reply but have just returned from vacation trip . Mrs . Pat Royalty has be n quite interested in the po sibility of the City ' s losing the us of the Crew and Haygood Playlot . At the present time e have had notindicetion that the owner intends tot ke the property b ek although we only hold a lease for one y r which is cane llable upon thirty days notic . I und rst nd that the property will be up for zoning hearing on s ptember 21 , 1967, and I h v been further advised that Mr H rbert Johnson , Attorney for the owner , is under the impression that v n if the zoning application i successful , th t th own r is not planning to do anything with th 1 nd for two or three y ars . Our deral funds for th dev lo nt and staffing of th thirty-fiv pl ylots loc t din the hard-cor ps lwn er of our City xpir s September 30 . Alr dy, inc school is beck ins ssion, w h ve curt iled our operation to fter-school hours and on the week nd . W bav hop a of coll cting certain vit 1 loc tion and continue the aper tion of playlot in the areas through th end of they er . had funds to construct ntioned V (Cont ' d) �•• Mr . Townsend Page Two September 19 , 1967 not yet received any facilities o In the Washington- Ormond Street area and that portion generally considered to be Mechanicsville .and Summerhill , a number of locations have been created and frankly there has been criticism from neighborhoods which have been overlooked as t o the number of lots created in the southern portion of the C-i ty . You are most generous in your offer of various properties and I would like to take the liberty to keep your letter in our current file on playlots so that in the even that we do lose the Crew and Haygood location we can quickly turn to one of your properties . In conclusion, it is businessmen l i ke your that make it possible for the playlot program to function and I thank you ever so much for off ering to us without charge such valuable real estate . Sincerely , Jack c . Delius General Manager of Parks and Recreation JCD:lg CCc / Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr . Mrs . Robert M. Royalty �