.NDcyMQ.NDcyMQ

. . ~- : ' i I CITY OF A TLANTA DEPARTMENT of PARKS Office of General Manager Atlanta, Georgia 30303 July 20, 1967 JACK IC, DELIUS GENERAL MANAGER I Mr. Jesse Hill, Jr. ~ Co-Chairman: Atlanta Summit Leadership Conference ¾ Atlanta Life Insurance Company P. o. Box 897 Atlanta, Georgia 30301 Dear Mr. Hill: Thank you very much for your telephone call to my office on Friday, July 14 and your letter of July 17, 1967, requesting that we withold the earmarking or committment of some $350,000 for park purposes until a committee of the Atlanta Summit-;.: Leadership Conference can meet with me. First of all, the City has formerly committed itself to purchase of park site North of the expressway in the West End Urban Renewal Area; a park site adjacent to thew. c. Hills School in BedfordPine Urban Renewal Area; a park site in the Western portion of the Rawson-Washington Urban Renewal Area; and, a park site in the Rockdale Urban Renewal project. Our best information from the City Comptroller is that these park sites must be purchased and are part of the overall Urban Renewal projects for the respective areas of the City. The rather limited funds that are left after the p u rch ase o f these properti es have been very carefully allocat ed to a number of urgent proj ects on t h e south s i de , west si d e , and northQe~t s i de o f our Ci t y. ~be s uggested p rio r i ty l iet of projects has been s ubmitted to the Park Committee of the Board of Aldermen and, through the City Comptroller to the Finance Committee of the Bo ard of Aldermen. We expect to have a calle d meeting of t he Parks Committee in a few days after the member s have h a d t i me to review a nd digest the project li s t. Re g a rding your request t o meet wi th me on Tuesday, J u ly 25, I wo uld certainly be g lad t o me et wi t h you but I t h ink it would be b e s t for you·· to discus s your requ ests with the Park s Committee of the Board of Aldermen si nce ·t hey have t h e final say-so on p r ior ities, etc., per ta i ni n g to Park and Recreation fa c ilit i es . You may c are to correspond with Alderman Charlie Leftwi ch , the Chairman o f o ur Committe e and, of c ourse, Alde r man Williamson, --,\\..t. f q1, ,-6_ ' A ..;y ; ' ·i (Cont'd) ~ I '1~ Q , f iir: no , r' OP 'r'

-

, vi -~:.. ;/;~i ~ 0Fj\'f\,~ �;.,· ·.-·. , I . ... I

.

, I

\' • ~ ••

Mr. Hill Page Two July 20, 1967 I your Co-Chairman of the Atlanta Summit Leadership Conference, is also a member of the Aldermanic Parks Committee. If you would still care to meet with me on July 25, just give me a call and thank you for your continued interest, I am Cordially, ack c. Delius eneral Manager of Parks and Recreation JCD:lg CC: Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr., Mayor, City of Atlanta / Rev. s. W. Williams, Co-Chairman, Atlanta Summit Leadership Conference Alderman Q. V. Williamson, Co-Chairman, Atlanta Summit Leadership Conference and Member of Aldermanic Parks Committee Alderman Charlie Leftwich, Chairman, Aldermanic Parks Committee Alderman Buddy Fowlkes, Vice-Chairman, Aldermanic Parks Committee Alderman G. Everett Millican, Member, Aldermanic Parks Committee Honorable Milton Farris, Chairman, Finance Committee Mr. Charles L. Davis, Comptroller, City of Atlanta M XERO _c opy -r_.., ri-=------ I XERO \ - - - .........t C"n~1v �~.~ ·... . ~ 1-

..

I CITY O F ATLANTA I DEPARTMENT of PARKS Office of General Manager Atlanta, Georgia 30303 July 20, 1967 JACK C . DELIUS I GENER A L MANAGER I Mr. Gilbert H. Boggs Director of Housing Atlanta Housing Authority 824 Hurt Building Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Mr. Boggs: SUBJECT: Pedestrian Bridge across Proctor Creek from Perry Homes to' Gun Club Park. · You may recall that last year I wrote Mr. Earl Metzger regarding the desperate need for a footbridge across Proctor Creek from Perry Homes to the Northeast corner of Gun Club Park. At that time, the estimated cost of a footbridge was between $10,000 and $15,000. Since our property line is on our side of the creek and the creek itself lies within the boundaries of the Perry Homes property, we asked that Atlanta Housing Authority consider undertaking the construction of this bridge to provide ingress to the park for the children in the eastern section of Perry Homes. My letter waa referred to you end yo ur reply , deted October 2 8 , 1 966 , wa s that the po ssibi lity of construction of "the footbridge to serve the park" would not be feasible from the Atlanta Housing Authority's standpoint becau s e y o u did not have the necessary $10,000 to $15,000 nor did y ou h a v e the authority from the Federal a gency whi ch mu s t approve t h is type of expend itu re . You f u rth er st ated that you did not believe it would be considered en eligible cost . We would would whole would f i rst l i ke t o point out that this footbridge not serve the park. Ont.he contrary, the footbriq.ge serve the people of Perry Homes. In fact, our purpose in acquiring and developing the 42-acre Gun KERO ·,- - . . . . - - . - - - - - -,!""I COPY ....- -- --,_,...--.- - - ,-,,_,,.~ �.. . . • ,. . • I I .• Mr. Boggs Page Two July 20, 1967 Club Park is to provide facilities for the more more than 3200 children isolated for so long in desperately needed recreation than one thousand families and and teenagers who have been the Perry Hornes Housing Project ·. We are aware of the new installation of culverts and the extension of the roadway from Perry Hornes across Proctor Creek providing access to the site of your new 140-unit addition to the Project. However, this is a considerable distance from the proposed location of the footbridge1 and the families who live in the eastern section of Perry Homes would face a quite lengthy hike to make their way west to the existing crossing and back through the new section of Perry Hornes to the Park. As a matter of fact, many children in the eastern extremity will be able to stand in their yards and see the ball diamonds across the creek • .We are convinced that a constant hazard will exist as these children attempt to ford Proctor Creek and make their own shortcut to the lower level of the Park. We feel very strongly that this type of situation should be eliminated and we feel that the Atlanta Housing Authority should accept the responsibility. Realizing that it would not be feasible for you to spend $10,000 to $15,000 for this purpose, we have taken it upon ourselves to explore the possibility of constructing a safe and permanent footbridge at a more feasible cost. Mr. Charles G. Devon, Assi~tant Parks Engineer, has developed a plan for a bridge constructed of precastprestressed concrete with hand rails and concrete footings that would cost less than $1500 in place. Further, we are prepared to offer our technical assistance and labor to supervise and assist in the construction of the bridge. Enclosed is a proposal from Concrete Materials of Georgia, Inc., for the main bridge structure, including its erection, in the amount of $1,067.53. This does not include the hand rails or the footings for which we would provide the labor and the materials are estimated to be approximately $400. Also enclosed is a drawing showing details of the plan. In light of this new cost estimate, perhaps you will reconsider the possibi ,lity of the Housing Authority funding this bridge. We have recently completed the first phase d evelopment of Gun Club Park at a cost of $83,541. We have signed the contract for $52,206 for the second phase development , which will include the ball diamonds on thelower end of the property adjacent to Proctor Creek, and the contractor is expected IXER'"oi .... C OPY I - (icE~'€\ J C:,Qpy I...., �