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(I tJ) C TY OF ATLA DEPARTMENT of PARKS Office of General Manager Atlanta, Georgia 30303 January 30, 1967 JACK C. DELIUS GENERAL MANAGER Mr. Charles L. Davis Comptroller City of Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Re: EOA's Recreation Funds Dear Charles: 1-..s you know by nm,r , Economic OJ:portuni ty tlant: slashed from their budget appropriation all funds rtaining to Recreation and therefore cancelled as of December 31, 1966 the three separate and distinct contracts under which this department of City Government carried out specialized recreation programs. These programs were namely the Neighborhood Playlot l ·rogram, Summer Recreation and Job Opportunity for Youth (Operation Champ), and recreation for senior high rise apartment dwellers. It is the opinion of the undersigned and Mis s Carmichael that the neighborhood playlot program takes priority over the t wo other projects. This opinion is one shared in by Mayor Allen. The number of playlots continues to grow as we attempt to meet the needs and demands of citizens in deprived areas. It is anticipated that Ne will shortly have a total of twenty-one neighborhood playlots, t,m of ,,'lhich involve the renting of dwellings for a year-round type operation. Since the cancellation of EOA funds, we have continued operating a few of these playlots on a part-time b asis, good •;reather permitting. The hasic expense involved is one of salaries and the rather substantial expense of renting outdoor toilets. Salaries are being charged to account 780C, Extra Help, Umpires, etc. and the renting of the portable john s is being charged to 771C. Account 780C does not contain sufficient appropriations to carry on a full time summer program at these twenty-one locations. For your information, the following playlots either exist or are under construction or in the negotiating stage; A �Mr. Charles L. Davis Page Tl-TO 1. Rhodes St. Between Sunset D Vine (Vine City) 2. Magnolia and Maple (Vine City) 3. 373 Thurmond St., N. ~J. 4. Merritts E. Bedford (Buttermilk Bottoms) 5. Gilham Park on ~Jade Ave. (Blue Heaven)* 6. ~lylie & Tye (Cabbage To"l>m) 7. Connally St. near Richardson (Summer Hill) * 8. McDaniel at Georgia Ave. (Mechanicsville) 9. Haygood & (Lightning) Crew (Summer Hill) 10. 255 Dodd Ave. Recreation Center (Mechanicsville) ** 11. ~·1indsor St. near Richardson (Mechanicsville) 12. Park Ave. 13. Haynes and Foundry Sts., N ; ;J. (Lightning) - proposed 14. Per ry Blvd. a nd Lively St., N. ~J" (Perry Home s ) - pro po s ed 15. Hardee St . at Arberdeen (B l u e Heav e n) - pro po s ed 16 . Huff Rd. area in northwest Atlanta - pro po s ed 17. Arlingto n Cir ., N.~1.* 18. 533-539 Central Ave. l C? . Plunkett Tm•m - to be located 20. Bender St . 21 . 81 Little St ., S. E. Recreati o n Center ( Summe r Hill )

& Lansing St., S. E . - no lea se s .·. 1. s. :-J. - to b e located These are park properties owned by the Parks Department. Houses and lots are leased for $100 per month. playlot s are l eased · fo r $ 1 . per year. All other wish to advise you of all the expense that we can think of that will be encountered in the operation of these twenty- one locations. Therefore, the following is our basic and minimum requirements for the successful operation of the neighborhood playlots for the summer of 1 9 67. 'i !e �Mr. Charles L. Davis Page Three Playlots, 1967 Summer only Salaries •Je anticipate operating full time, six days a ,.reek, from 9 a.m. - 12 and 1 - 7 p.m., from Thursday, June 1 thru Monday, Labor Day, September 4. This is a ninety-six calendar day or eighty-two work day program. '::e will staff each playlot vrith at least one Community Recreation Leader making Range 34, $15.70 per eight hour day, $1. 9 6 per hour o l-.li Recreation Leaders ·will b e under the direction of a Recreation Supervisor making Range 45, $24.95 per eight hour day, $3.12 per hour. The Supervisor will work a total of 5 4 hours per week. As the above list indicates, there are approximately twenty-one playlots to operate. Of these, a total of fourteen are existing and seven are under development or the land is in the process of being leased. Each lot will have supervision for a total of nine hours per day, fifty-four hours per week, or eighty-two work days for a total of 738 hours. A total for all lots of 1 4 ,760 man hours of Community Recreation Leaders time, amounting to $38,929 .60; plus the Supervisors time amounting to $2,302.56 for a grand Recreation salary total expense of $31.232.16. (830C) Presently, four men each are ,_,rork ing thirty-two hours per pay period doing clean- up and maintenance work on the existing playlots . This fo ur man crew consists o f a Fark Foreman II, (2) Labor Foremen II, and (1) Laborer. They are paid straight ove rti me on the basis of a Park Foreman II, Equipment Operator I, Labor Foreman II, and one Laborer's pay. I ,..,ould suggest this arrangement be maintained since most personnel declined to work overtime and these individuals are willing to work. Park Foreman II earn $3.53 per hour; the Equipment Operator I is paid $1.88 per hour; Labor Foreman II is paid $2033 per hour; and the Laborer is paid $1.5~ per hour. These men will be involved in approximately ten pay periods at 32 hours per pay period times $9.23 per hour for a total of $1,453.60. {Maintenance is a twelve month item - this figure is just for the summer) Thus, total Recreation and Maintenance salary cost will be $32,686.00. 1 r.-J e will keep as many . Recreation positions vacant as possible during the winter months, thus hoping to accrue approximately $32,000 to hire additional Community Recreation Leaders as needed, in unnumbered positions, plus limited maintenance expense, during this summero �Hr. Charles L . Davis Page Four J:.uto l.llov-rance: The Supervisor ·will draw $50 per month car allo1 ,rance. A total car allowance will be for ~6 calendar days times $1.66 per day for a total of $15~.3 6 . Transportation: Last year ·we spent approximately $-1600 on transportation in the playlot program alone not counting "Operation Champ" . This year the Park s Jepartment's thirty passenger (for kids) bus will be used to the maximum. Children 1_.1ill be carried to (1) Cyclorama, Zoo, and special lecture by herpetologist; (2) State Capital, City Hall; (3) Greenhouses, Training Center, lecture on insects b y ~r. Buchannan at Piedmont Pa r k . Three trips p er lot times 20 lots is f. 0 trips in the 82 work day program. Games, Supplies l . Rentals : (771C) $100 per playlot times 20= Portable toilet s a t $ ~0 per mo. t i me s 20 loc a tion s times 3 mo. = $2 ,000 2 , 4 00 $ 4 I ~-00 Ma i ntena n ce~ ( 81 3C) $100 per playlot x 20 = Equi pment: $ 2,000 ( 570C) 11 lots to be equipped at $ 200 each = $ 2, 200 Special Proj e ct Expense: ( 771C ) Refreshments, awards day p icnic - estimated $2,000 Renta l s 255 Dodd Ave. is $100 per mo. x 3 mo. = $ 300 81 Little St., S.E. (Summer Hil l) rent to be paid by Citizen's Trust Co. as a donation to the City of Atlanta at $100 per month. Utilities: (771C) - lights Two houses at $10 per mo. for 3 months== $ 60 �l'-1r. Charles L. Davis Page Five Account 714C: (Fuel) T·wo houses at $ 20 per month for the fall and winter if the program is successful - not figured in this proposal. ~Je are holding to an average of 12 vacancies in the Recreation Division (Account 83OC} and we should come very close to having a $ 32, 68E surplus for salaries. ·:re ask that you make this money available in unnumbered positions for the individuals involved in the operation of the playlots and ,.,re also ask that you authorize expenses for automobile allowance amounting to $150. 36.

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effort to absorb the additional cost for games and supplies ,.,,hich we ,,rill charge to lkcount 771C; for maintenance to the lots Hhich '.\re will charge to Account 8l 3C; for equipment whi ch w·e , .r ill charge to Account 57OC; for special projects expense which we ,_,rill charge to Account 771C ; and, for rentals ,-,hich we will charge to i .ccount 771C. •,Till b e as conservative as possih le b ut these are the· figures arrived at after careful consideration and He are advising you of the financial aspect at the earliest time possible.

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Althaigh Mayor Allen made no committment as to supporting us in our desire for additional funds f or carrying on the neighborhood playlot program I believe I am at liberty as quoting him as saying to "Do your very b est to carry out this top priority project and if you get into an impossir.le situation financially, let me know, and perhaps some emergency appropriations can be made, etc . . . . " The above appears to solve the problem of summer operations but leaves unansi:,r ered the long and beautiful fall and spring days - and for that matter some ,.,rinter days - uhen the playlots should be operated. In addition, it appears \·1e will have t,,.,o houses rented which ,.-.rill operate the year-round as Recreation Centers in conjunction ,..-Tith the playlot program. ~Je must .:irrive at some solution as how to fund the salary, supply and rental - utility expenses involved. I 1 ·1ould hope that we i:muld not have to cut back existing and regular services in order to carry out this vital program. �Mr. Charles L. Davis Page Six Again, let me emphasize to you in writing that 1.ve are sorry to bother you as busy as you are uith these details and i.·re ~-.r ish to thank you for your usual fine cooperation, and I am Cordially, Delius neral Manager of Parks and Recreation JCD:bj,,1 cc : Hon. Ivan Allen, Jr. , Mayor : / All h embers of the Park Committee All Members o f the F inance Committee I"·-lr . R. Earl Landers, Administrative Asst. to the J,iayor Mr. Carl T . 3utherland, Director of Personnel flr. :)an E. :3"weat, Jr., Dir. of Governmental Liason Mrs . Grace Hamilton, Dir., Atlanta Youth Council Niss Virginia Carmichael, Dir., Recreation Div. Miss l\lberta Murch i son, Asst. :Jir. , Recr eation :Oi v. Miss Jimmie Hims, Asst . .J ir . , Recre ation .Division �