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J anuary 10 , 1967 Mr . Cha rles L. Davis Comr tr.oller City of 1- tlanta Atlanta , Ge orgia 3030 3 Dear Charles: Thank y ou f or you r l ette:...· .._ ~ Dcc-.:.~111)er 30 , 1966 r egc::irding your r e view of a copy of the pro.,..,oscd Ur ) an Be uti fication Grant l:.pplication which has been pr0pnred by the Pl anning Dcp rtment. It i s certai nly true th at a major part of the City' s t otal sha r e is the progr2m of Par. renova ~ion and no p rovi sion h os been made or c:in"cici1:iated to f inn nee the l a rk participuti on out o :i'.: i').::i r k I rnp..,...ovem8nt zu· cs. I informe d the Planning !)epa rtmcmt t hat 'I.Te anti cip.:::it.cd a rebztc of a~,proximately $110,000 from t.h~~c3 Open Sp«:'l c e Development. Grants ~-,hi ch have been apl'.)roved by HUD o He :revcr , i t may ·i .rel l be that t11e Alderrnanic Parks Committee ,.;ould deem it more a ppropriutc that this r8bato be spent on Ph"3se II of Thomasville , Gun Club , University , etc. or on Phase I of Cleveland , Tul l \•~aters , L:r:1pire Boulevard , etc o c. v-:o Hill P~rk Site o I don ° t yet know -,het her ,,_.e are expected to buy the land or whether i t ·.,d ll be donated , nor do I kno•.-: the r~rnifici1tions of: the f o d.eral assi stance programs pertaining to donntions or purchase., You are in error , hm ever , in that ·v;e do have $75 , 000 earmarked for the dE:wclopment of tho Rockdale Urban Ren~r.;1 al Park . You mentioned the Since we have only 1/4 Mill income and this yields ap:9roximately $300 , 000 a year , it seems nearly fruitless to count on completing the ten neighborhood parks and the four urbon renewal sites recently acquired within any reasonable length of time . �M.:r o Cl,ar l es Lo Dav · s J a .ma,;.--y 10, 1967 Pag_ T-:, ·o I too rccog niz0 the d csirabilit1 and appco l of the Urban Deau tif ication Progr~1 no·i:. o .1ly ~because of the _en sons ~ou have sta~cd Lut due to tho fuc~ i t is the only assi s t a n c e p rogra m I know o f ·i:hfft. ·will enable us to r enovate o ld parks no t scqui cc1 under the Opsn Spa c e pla . ~-. Thanking you again for your le·ctcr and assuri -0 .JOU that I wish I did have a solution to our financ ial dilemma , I am Cordially , J ack Co Deli us General Manager of Parks and Recreation JCD:bjw cc: Mr . Collier B o Gladdi n Mr . Dan E . Sweat , Jro ----- �