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C ITY OF ATLANTA DEPARTMENT of PARKS Office of General Manager Atlanta, Georgia 30303 March 20, 1967 JACK C. DELIUS GENERA L MANAGER INFORMATION ON GUN CLUB PARK SITE The first phase of construction began April 11, 1966 and was concluded in February, 1967. It amounted to $83,456. and included the following thirteen items: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Clearing and Grubbing Rough Grading - West Area Utilities - Water - Sewers - Lighting Drive and Parking Sidewalks 2 Tennis Courts Play Mound Fencing and Retaining Walls Restrooms Storage Building Concrete Benches Landscaping - Trees and Shrubs Grassing and Finish Grading We received the first HUD development grant in the nation on this p r oject. We are preparing an application for Federal assistance to begin Phase IIi we expect this application to be submitted to the Regional HUD office by the end of this week. Working drawings for design have been finished and only the specifications need to be written. Phase II includes an athletic field with two baseball diamonds and football field, an entrance drive and parking, utilities for camping , playground · equipment for Phase I, and necessary site wo r k such as grassing and grubbing, finish grading , etc . We estimate the cost of these few i t ems at $77,542 . The Par ks Committ ee has appropriated $ 8 0 , 000 . for Phase II . We have been notified by HUD that the 50¾ assistanc e for park development has been cut t o 12½¾ of acquisition cost. We p aid less than $50 , 000 . for Gun Club . �