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ROUGH DRAFT Mr. Le wi s E . Pa rke r State Highway Urb an Eng ine er St ate Highway Dep a rtme n t of Ge org ia No . 2 Capit o l Square Atlanta, Ge org ia 30334 SUBJECT : I-1./-85 -1 ( 43 ) PE & Fulton Coun ty I-485 -1 ( 46 ) R/W Dear Mr . Pa rke r : Thank you fo r your l ett e r of Oc t obe r 30, 1969 . We ar e delight e d to h ave the opportunity to coope r ate with the Stat e and Federal government s i n p rov i d i ng park a r eas a l o ng I-485 in t he Ci ty o f Atl an t a . The Atlanta Pa r ks Depar t ment is prepar ed to assume r espons ib ility for the maintenan ce of t he areas d esignated in your letter . Mr . Jack De lius , Ge neral Manage r of Parks , ha s as k e d only that his l andscape archit ec t s b e a l lowed t o r eview and possibly i nf luence the land scaping p l ans f o r t hese p r op e r ti es . The Parks Depa rtment staff has sugge s t ed th se ar as b e ve l p p e d with tree pl nting S h eme § that , o u1 d r e~µ1 r e ye f 1i tt1 ma int enan oe . Wa h - P nu mber Bureau thi s p r tha t y ou will go f urth e r in acqu iring a gr eat er of partial takes o f smaller size as s u ming the of Public Roa d s w ' ll app rov e an expans i on of gram . The P~rk, Dep a rtme n t r e cogni zes the p05ij ib1@b e n e£1i s to t h e n e ~g hborhoods involve d and i s will~ng and anxious to a ssume responsibility for th e maint e nance of a dditional smal l e r sections along I - 485 . Mr . Jack De lius will ask th e Parks Commi ttee t o introduce a resolution to the Board of Ald ermen on Decemb e r 1, 1969, which would a uthoriz e a forma l agreement from the City of Atlanta to und e rtake the maintenance of the d es i g n a t e d a r eas as we ll as other pos sibl e areas. Sinc e r ely your s, Ivan All e n, Jr. cc: Jack De liu s Charlie Leftwich Buddy Fowlkes Evere tt Millican Rodney Cook Ceci l Turne r Richard Freeman Sidney J. Marc u s Charles Robisch- Dan Sweat Collie r Gladin Emory Parrish Joe E. Brown Ed Ga rrard Herschel Bryant �