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CITY OF .ATLANTA. CITY HALL Feb ruary 13, 196 9 ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assi st ant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Liaison MEMOR AND UM To : Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. From: Subject: Dan Sweat ~ Urban Coalition In determining whether or not a formal 11 Urban Coalition 11 should be established in Atlanta, I feel the following points should be considered: 1. The National Urban C oalition will apparently be a key communications link to the Nixon Administration. Whereas in the past, the heavily Democratic dominated National League of Cities and U. S. Conference of M a yors have enjoyed a key position in national administration affairs , they might not have quite the muscle with the Republicans . John Gardner does have. 2. It is abundantly clear that the Nixon Administration intends to funnel as many urban programs as possible through the priv ate , business s e ctor. This will requir e some sort of c oordina tion a mong busine ss and g ove rnme nt a t the lo c al l evel a nd m e tro l evel. 3. There probably will be a greater need and demand for an identifiabl e local coalition a fte r you l e ave the offic e of M a yo r. The n ext M ayo r c e rtainly won 1t be the leade r of the 11 powe r structure 11 and proba bly not even a me mb e r of it . 4. If a real coalition is formed , it must be done by the 11 p ower struct u re 11 a nd supported by the very top l e adership . 5. A meanin g ful c o a lition should a ttemp t to ge t metro representation . If it is t o set the r ules for t h e city in the f uture it must be geared to i nfluence annexat ion, dispersed h ousing , p l anning for industry , transpo rtati o n , e t c. �Mayor Allen Page Two February 13 , 1969 6. Someone should look into the Winston-Salem Urban Coalition . They have already raised $1. 7 million for coalition activities , plus some $ 2. 5 million for a Housing Dev_elopment Corporation. I understand they met the other day and raised $120 , 000 for summer programs . If we had just a fraction of that kind of money to 1 1 sell 1 1 projects , we could multiply it many fold. 7. I envision an Urban Coalition whose membership would consist of every organization wishing to identify with it and which would get together as a whole at one big annual dinner . A small executiv e committee of pow er structure 11 statesmen 11 would set the policies and priorities between annual meetings and communicate to the community through a small high powered staff. DS :fy �