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'· January 27, 1969 MEMORANDUH TO: . FROl.'1: SUBJECT: Mr. Johnny c. John ~on, D~rector, Atl anta Hodel Cities Program l,gency Jack c. Delius, ,General Nanager o f P~rks and Recrea tion 1969 I?r6grar:1, Atlanta Node1 Cities In re sponse to your memorandum of Jcmuary 16, 1969 which had atta ched thereto a schedule o f proj e cts to be undertaken by the Depar-i.:.ment o f P a rks· during 1 969 , \ ·Te ·wi sh to make the follm·ring corr.men-ts and commi tment s . $60,000 from the 1969 Park Imp rovement P rograrn has been alloca_ted for Ho del Cities f or the p url;Ose o f develop ing existing und n ew park l ands . Approva l must now be o btained from the Citizen ' s Park J,dvisory Committee before the entire 1969 Park Impro vernent Bu dget is voted into l aw by the Board o f l,ld2 rrnen. $22,000 has b een set aside in .Accoun t No . G 3 4-62-77 8-J-l, " Purcha se of Land for Park P urposes ," as this depurt ment's contr ibution toward the purchase o f vaca nt land for block parks and pleylo ts . Regarding o ur r equeste d comrni tment th.:1t s uf ficient staff and equi pment · clre a vail able to complete the proj ects outlined on your attachments , we are assuming that t he Parks Committee o f the Board of Alde r men would place top priority o n each and every o ne o f the se item$ and wou l d , in fact , not ob j e ct. i f the respect ive r-:o del Ci ties Park Improvement proj ects and purcbase o f odditional l ands preempted all o ther 1969 capita l proj e cts. In othe r ·rords, itcrns covered in t he Hodel Cities Project will take priority over Urba n Beautification and the fegular 1 969 Park Improvement Progrum . As to your request t hat we st2te •• •••.• can foresee no reason why these projects c ~mnot be completed as required , 11 we wi ll have to h ave ths full cooperation o f other age ncies , .such as the City La,.,, Department and the City Land ; ~gent , in e~r .,e diting app raisals , p rep aration of co.ttstruction contracts, etc. With their ~ss i s tance we c an, in £ ~c t , foresee no r ea son why the s e pr oj e cts cnnnot b e completed as r equired. �.Mei--r,orandurn to: Mr. Johnny c. Johnson, Director Mo del Cities Program Agency 2 January 27, 1969 The Model Cities staff , 1orking with the Parks and Recreatio n staff who hc:id been loaned to Model Cities on a fulltime basis , h ove determined that the follmdng additio nal stuff personnel are needed for parks in the Mode l Cities area: 1 Additional Staff Needed Locati ons Existing Staff Adair Park 2 1 Recreation Leader Pit~man Park 4 1 Recre·a tion Leader 4 ,632.00

St anton Park

2 1 Recreation Leader 4 ., 635.00

Key Park

--· 0 • Direct or 0 .,,c 4,632.00 1 Cornmunity Center 2 Recreation Leaders

Grant Park

Cost 5,712.00 9,274.00 1 Community Center Director 2 Recreation Leaders 5,712,00 9 , 274 .00 D.:)dd Avenue 2 0 0 71 Little street 2 0 0 12 9 Total $43, 868 .00

Parks above are without recreationql programs . Tne fund s requested

($12,000) will be used to equip and initiate recre ational program activities. We understand that the Personnel Departme nt is presently reviewing reque sts from all departme nts that need add itional staff to implement .t>!odel Cities 1969 Program and, of course, ,1e cannot commit our sel ves to the o peration 0£ a progr2m unless the above personnel are supplied . JCD:jw cc: Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr. Alderma nic Pa r ks Comrnittee Mr. R. Earl La nders, Mayor ' s Of f ice Mr. Charles L • .Davis , Directo r o f Finance Mr. Stanley T. Martin, Jr., Asst. Gen . Mgr. of Parks Mr. A. P. Brindley, Parks Engineer \ �