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May 18, 1967 Mr . Ch rles L . D vis Comptroller City of Atlanta Atlanta , Georgia 30303 Dear Charles: Thank you for your recent letter regarding the Finance Committee ' s action in levying n additional one- half mill tax and earmarking such funds for the use of the P rks Dep rtment . In your 1 tter, you asked that I develop list of the ergency operating needs of this depertment for th r ainder of 1967 1 and, you further r sted that in compiling my list of need . I ta in con ideration the gr nts promis by conomic Opportunity Atlant , Inc . Let say h re that w h v only been promi ed $160, 000 not two to thre hundred thous nd dollars your l tt r •ndic t • Ho v r , th re i a possibility th t Congress will p s a supplem nt l ppropr1 tions bill which will amount to some $75 , 000#000 and out o this rn g t addition l fund for r er ation . Th pr l i th t th ummer is lr d:y her and I must b gin to mov nd mov r pidly nd I c nnot wit on v rious d ci ions up nd down th lin . synopoi of the proposal submitted ar e, rv �Mr. Charles L G Davis Page Two If you desire, I can supply you with a more complete breakdown as to ho we rrived at salaries, travel expenses, equipment , etc . I assume that for the pres nt , the attached synopsis is sufficient for your purposes . We have not included the $53 , 000 set aside for playlot salaries in computing the additional funds needed from EOA .in that e would like tor turn this sum of money to our regul r lary accounts and thus 11 unfreeze 11 number of positions . Fin lly , Mis Carmichael h s proceeded to requistion pl yground equi nt and port ble toilets using City funds . She knows her accounts will be in the red, however , we can tr nsfer funds when EOA nakes their grant . le ppreci te your consideration to our request and thanking you for your many p st favors , I am Cordi lly , Jack c. Delius Gen r 1 M nager of Parks and Recreation JCD:bjw cc: / ' Hon. Ivan All n, Jr . (w/ ncl . ) · All .femb rs of th J?arks Committee (w/enol . ) Hon. Mil ton F rris (w/encl 11 ) �