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July 23 , 1969 822 Grant Street, S. E. Atl t , G orgi Mr . Ben Bl ckburn House of Repr sent tiv Washington, J). C. D ar Mr . Bl ckburn: I ending thi l tt r to your c tur offic sine I under tand letter concerning th probl with th Mod 1 Citi e her in Atl t ref rred to your loc 1 office for h ndling. yr cent has been I ppr iate your reply r ceived on July 22 indicting th t thi• tt r h been turned over o the Offic of Houain and Urban D velop ent for action. Sine writin t you previously, we hav continued to try to sell the prop rty through individuals and r al atat comp nies who h ve running d int wap pr adv rtiaing for rent 1 and inv stment ~roperty. We h ve b advia d by two different real at te r pres nt tiv e that thy h v ch eked 1th per on l conuct t City 11 and ere advised that it would be i os ible ior th to re-e 11th prop rty if they buy it bee u City Inap ctore have be n advi1 not to approv any prop rty in the r for y type YA loan d th t •11th b nka io the city hav an agre t not to finance any purcbaa in the ar a. 1.'haa two r al stat ag nt, did ot give u• the n I of their cont cte at City Hall sine th y • id the infortion w sivau to th atrictly off the record . 'lll clodn date on our n w home 1a fut approach ins d at thia p int the only 1olution •• to be for ~del Citi a to purch 1• th property to ua as t orary hou1ing for peopl who r being dialocat din clearance •••· ince as I ind1cat din y previous 1 tter one individual who inquired t the City Planni g office 1 City Hall about purchasin the properl y wa1 infor d not to purchate becau1 th y "had plan• for the property it voul be my opinion th t they plan to ev ntually purchaa the property for ao purp<>e. Un r the1e circ 1tance1 I b liev• you will agree that it would b co ical for th to purcbaae property 1uch as our• to ua as t houaing th~::~~ pureh••• bile typ t porary oueing or at l aat nt the mobile type. 'lbia ould al o l believ solve our robl •• w 11 •• othera who re preaently or y at a futur d te find t aalvea tranaferr out of the a,: a. �Again, I will state that 1 do not believe we are making an unre sonable reque t, and 1 believe you will gree that with a long range plan such a this some provision hould h ve been made initi lly to cover such situations. Thy apparently er not and as a re ult we find our elves in situation of . being unable to dispose of property in th are b cause thy hiv it t up where no on is intere ted in the property for rent 1, investm nt, or ho , and y t when you try tot lk to anyone in th ir office h re they just keep ref rring you from one pr on to anoth r until you ar b ck talking with the fir t person you spok with and the circl b gin all over gain • .y111 be expecting to hear from someone within incer ly, (Mr . ) L z 11 Kirkl nd (Cli d E. Kirkl d) 822 Grant Str et, s. E. Atlant, Georgia 30315 Telephone - 622-9074 or 688-8036 cc: Mayor Ivan Allen cc: Mr . Johny Johnson· Model Cities Offic cc: Mrs. ona Cl yton• Hodel Citi s Offic few d y . �822 Grant Street, S. E. Atlanta, Georgia 30315 Mr . ·B n Blackburn Huse of Rep~e nt tive& Washington, D. C. Dear h' . Blackburn: 1 would like to register a complaint ab ut our s , c lled Model Cities" program. We owu our hoinc at the above ddr and shortly "M del Citi s" program w a tlnnounced my husband'$ comp ny tran ferr d him ~ut of the City of A.tlant . Althous,1 it h proven t be quit e p nsive for h to co ute ie have wd ted for tw yeat to e . wb t s goin to bapp n in the are befvre trying to eell and move nearer hi work. During thi tim w h v~ been advised n um rou occ sion by our children's teach r get th in a less cro ded school since they have so ny childr n i chool thy attend who ither woA't, c 't r re net ncou~ag d to l arn th t they dv it hav th ti to give the children who c and try to l rn the instructions thy need d des rvc . The chool h s b co worse and wors and w,ea lt be enc 8 ary the last three days ~z the school t ·rm t o keep policemen c.-.t th premise to vo·i d conflict between the grammer acho l and high school, we decided it wa tie to le a ve 'nli > of cour•. combined with th ·ac:t th t we Since all relidente of the are office thdr efor ffic buyi .1 ed to set closer to my huauand' s work. had be n advi ed t o contact t e ' d 1 Oiti ents) y hu band wont t Mr • . itohcll. Mr. Mitchell told him our 1 11 , building or m king impr v and talk d with hou c definit ly wa not scheduled for de olition and it would all ri ht t o put it up for 1ale. perfectly f r al eet te br,k rand found that \Othin put th house in the hand cau ha peed during th throe QlOnth of 11 contract. W no find th t not op opl t the s answers frc th "Model Cities" offic every-on they think thy y buy a house d hav it torn clown i afraid o ithin a y u or two. �Since the agentt contract has run out, we hove been attempting t ell the on ur own . I cont acted the Model Citie office to <let ine if they b ve any contact with peopl int re ted in property in the ares or if they hous have de any arr em nt to purch s property from people in the ar wbo migh~ be transferred out of the city for one re son or anoth r . They ref¢rred me to Mr , ilke who told me h i in the re - location and r -habilit tion office nd they had o such arr angements . I asked if they could not use the property to hou p ople who might b displ ced becau e of d l ition and he told e they would ot relocate di placed per on in the Model Citi Are ince it ould not be fe ible to do so. An individu 1 who wa intere ted in the property checked with tb City or City Pl nning Office and(although we had been told our p oy rty s ly not going to be in the clear c are) h w informed ot to purcha e pr perty in th ar ab cue they h d pl n and wee going to do omething with the property shortly. There are, of course, the pr op rty off our hands if we were willing to give it aw y, but fford to tbi. I do not think we are being unreasouabl to egp ct arr gem nts to be made to a 1 t peopl in OUT po ition to dispose of property at re sonabl pri~. And I do n~t think w ar being unrc on bl to ask $9,500 for property for which we p id ~,500 five y are ago and have m de quit it mor than $1,000 of improv nt ince that' tim. If there is anything that c n be done to auJ t 11ot vnly u, but oth re in th rea who m y be having the Ii e probl a, it will be sincerely appr ciat d . Sincerely, (Mr . ) Lazoll Ki:rkland (Clifford 822 Grant • Urkl ) tr et, • B. Atl nt • GeoTgi cci cc: cc: cc:


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Mr . Mr. rman 'talmadge ua1 11 ~ nate Mayor Xian Alle; Kr. Johnny Johnson• del Ci tiea Of ff.ca �·--· - ---- ·--- - -- ·- -- -- ..-~·-··.:..-__· ....-----· r_ _ _ i MODEL CITi Es PAI NT COMMIT'11EE MEETI NG ON MAY 13 e 1969 AT THE MODEL CITIES OFFICE .t Pre s ent ~ Wa Ao Edge, Mrs G C o B. Wright. Harold Owens, Horatius Rosser , F! ., H. Hines , J immie Kennebrew, Mrs .. Mattie Ansley, Mrs. · Ida Wrigh t, Mrs o Edi t h Te nnantr Mra e Christine Cook, Charlie Cook, E~ G. We-s.tns, Floyd Rutherf ord , Rev c L. W. Hope, Sr . , Bernard Smit h, J t,ne Co f e r ., Huber t C" Blankenship, Lewi s Peters, Dewey Gatley , Ellis Simmon 0 Edward French, Sum-Mee Center, and Model Ci t ies Community Relat i ons Assis t a nt s . _ The inee :ting was called t o order by Lyall W. Scott, who explained the~ge.o al::::·o f.,,:.:l:11e pai n t up campa i gn, the t ype of pa int available to residents and the purpose o f this meet ing and the role of the Model Ci ti:':!S Pa.int Cornroitte e i n t his campaign. Deacon Lewi s Peter s . now available. Mr. presently available gui deline s so that asked Mr. Scott as to whether this paint was Scott sai d that s~soo gallons of paint are a nd that this committee should begin to develop t h e distribution can begin as soon as pos sible. A Model Cities s u r ~~ was distribu ted wh i ch showe d number of structures with i n. each eommuriit y a nd the number o f structures that would be c l eared i n 1969. A chart was also presente d by Mr . Scott showing number of structures a f te~ c l earance in each neighborhood, percentage of structures wit hin each neighborhood when compared to t otal , Model Cities s ·-tructures, ratio () f paint to be distribute d wi thin each community, based on perc!entage of structures t o tatal Mode l Cities a rea, and approximate number of containers that each community would be e l igible for. · After considerabl e discussion Mr . Hubert Blankens h ip made a motion to accept suggested ratio of distribution . This was seconded by Mr. E A G. Weems and Mrs. c . B. Wright and carried unanimously. · E. G. Wec •.i.s 1r.ade a motion that each neighborhood paint committee assume responsibility for sele ction of houses to be painted, and fur distr ibuting paint within the community. This motion was seconded 'by Mrs. c. B. Wright and carried unanimously. Mr . Mr. Jimmie Kennebbew made a motion that absentee landlords be e ligible for paint but this moti on did not receive a second and was ·defeated. Mr. Jimmie Kenne r ugges ed that p ledge cards be drawn up for individuals applying for paint and that they be submitted to nail')t committ ee withi.n t h eir community . Mr. Kennebrew made this into motion and was seconded by Mr. Blankenship and carried unanimously. (See pledge card in guidelines) The committee also worked out wording for pledge card and was accepted. D~~con Lewis Peters made a motion to recommend to Model Cities Steering Committee have Model Cities pay to transport paint to each local community. This was seconded by Mrs. Mattie Ansl~y and · carried ,,,.. ...... .; ft'I"'" .. , :. Further sugg9stions made but with no official action were: �•· , t . ·:; ~ ! 1.. ' Before and / ,;! ~~p·: i cture·s . 'ShoulcC~be';J.ir~ n,. f;;r .t:"""" to\1~biicity .- pu~p.oses. , · . . ' ~·..-,>~_,,). ' ._, - ' ·~ 2:. · If any communit y has paint left from amount issued they · ·will allow some other community to use it . 3. ·Fl yers be printed by Model Cities office with instructions for mixing paint. 4. Community Rel ations Assistants will be available to assist .,,(,Nk ·niilghbo:Jit'.n16:06, 29 December 2017 (EST)n~f143.215.248.55 16:06, 29 December 2017 (EST)e'S. 5. Each neighborhood paint conunittees ahould elect a chairman that can deal directly with Model Cities office. · 6 ... piscussion of Banquet post poned until next meeting A~ting Secretary Mr s. Elizabeth Parks ,.~ �' -~,.." .' .i. ;.:. . "... ~ ~ f .. MODEL CITIES PAINT CAMPAIGfilTGUIDELINES 1. "' Each neighborhood paint c ommittee will assy.me the responsibility . . for selection of houses to be painted, acting upon pledge cards, and arr anging for paint t o be distributed within their comm.unity. 2o Absentee landlords will not be eligible for paint. 3. Each individual wishing to apply for paint must agree to sign pledge card, which must then be approved by paint commintee 4. The following allocations willbbe made to each community Gallons ADAIR PARK GRANT PARK MECHANICSVILLE il48 '2'244 842 808 PEOPLES TOWN PITTSBURGH 2015 1'836' SUMMERHILL Model Cities 11 Paint Up" Pledge Card of

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Si gnature Containers 150 449 168 162 403 367 �CITY OF .ATLANT.A CITY HALL July 8, 1969 ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 IVAN ALLEN , JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Admini strative Assistant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental liaison MEMORANDUM To: Mr. Lyle Scot~ 1 /J From: Dan SweatyJU(___ Attached is a letter from Mrs. Calhoun who says you didn't give h e r a fair share on the paint. Please give m e a call and l e t m e know what the story 1s on her paint complaint. DS :fy Attachment (1) �CITY OF A.'l..,L~~T.A CITY HALL June 3, 1969 ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Liaison MEMORANDUM To: Mr. R. Earl Landers ._.,, \ From: Subject: Dan Sweat ·~ Review of Code Enforcement Policy m Model Cities Area Attached is a copy of a memorandum from Jim Wright to me spelling out the revised policy of the Atlanta Housing Authority and the City's H o usin g C ode Division in the Model Cities area. This came about as a r es ult of problems being called to our attention in the Adair Park Area whe're the c ity had compl e ted a hous e by house rehabilitation program within the l as t f e w years. You might recall at the time we were discussing the Model Cities Program with residents of that area, they were very much concerned with hous ing cod e activity which was going on at that time . We assured them we would not place them in double jeopardy when the Model Cities Program started. The re we r e indications that we were doing this by requirin g the same prope rty owners to brin g their prope rty in line with th e new code standards of th e Atlanta Housing Authority und e r the Model Cities Program. This r e vi se d policy w as adopted afte r a m ee ting in my offi ce with officials of the H o using Authority, the Building Department and M o d e l Cities. DS:fy cc: Mayor Ivan All e n, Jr. Mr. Johnny R obinson �1. -. •' . ,:; V ... , t, ... ~ ._., .,,; _, ~ :"" - 




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, .•. -,, ,.. {. May 29, 1969 OFFICE OF MODEL CITIES PROGRAM 673 Capitol Avenue, S.W . Atlanta, Ga. 30315 404 -524 -8876 Ivan Allen Jr., Mayor J. C. Johnson, Director MEMO RA:t--.mUM TO: Mr. Dan Sweat Director of Governmental Liaison FROM: James L. Wright, Director of Physical DeveloP~ent SUBJECT: Atlanta Housing Authority and Housing Code Division Activities in the Model Neighborhood Area Jr.~~w,n... (.> ' Attached hereto, is a revised copy of the policy regarding AHA and Atlanta Housing Code Division in the Model Neighborhood Area. The addendum to the original policy which was developed in February of 196 9, refers to properti.es which have, in recent years, been brought up to City Housing Code standards. This policy is outlin ed in paragraph 2 under the heading Rehabilitation Policy - Model Neighborhood Area. The Atlanta Housing Authority will obtain a list of structures which have met Code Enforcement standards of the City of Atlanta Building Department -in recent years. Owners whose properties currently meet these standards will have the option of either taking advantage o f possible grants or loans under the Atlanta Housing Authority rehabilitation program to meet project standards or continuing to maintain structures in compliance with the City Housing Code. As you know, it was formulated by Messrs. Lester Persells, Executive Director of Atlanta Housing Authority; C. M. Smith, Architectural Engineer; James Smith, Chief Housing Code Inspector; Malcolm Jones, Chairman of Housing Resources Committee; and myself, representing the CDA. This agr e ement was reached during the meeting with you in your office on May 26. The purpose is to provide the most equitable arrangement to benefit property owners in the rehabilitation program. cc: Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. William Wofford Lester Persells C . M. Smith Malcolm Jones James Smith Johnny Johnson �. ·. ~-. ,.1·: If ~:. 'r ' °' ( .. . ">, . ~. -\ C May 29, 1969 OFFICE OF MODEL CITIES PROGRAM 673 Capitol Avenue, S.W. Atlanta, Ga. 303 15 404-524 -8876 Ivan AJlen Jr., Mayor J. C. Johnson , Director Policy Regarding Atlanta Housing Authority and Atlanta Housing Code Division Activity in the Model Neighborhood Area Rehabilitation Policy - Model Neighborhood Area The Atlanta Housing Authority will obtain a list of structures which have met Code Enforcement standards of the City of Atlanta Building Department in recent years. Owners whose properties currently meet these standards will have the option of either taking advantage of possible grants or loans under the Atlanta Housing Authority rehabilitation program to meet project standards or continuing to maintain structures in compliance with the City Housing Code. In rehabilitation areas other than those of current year action areas, the City Building Department will participate on a complaint investigation basis only. New enforcement cases will be undertaken in a ccordance with Department personnel capability and on a full code compliance basis. Demolition Policy - Mode l Ne ighborhood Area The Atlanta Housing Authority is fully responsible for demolition activities in NDP current year clearance action areas. When emergency situations occur necessitating prompt action on particular structures in the clearance areas, the City Building Depa rtment will become involved for enforcement efforts. In demolition areas other than those of current year action areas~ the Building Department will become involved only on a compliant basis to effe ct ful l code compliance with the except ion that generally no installation of additional equipme nt wil l be required. A possible e x ception will .ar is e if it is determined that the failure to install additional equipment may result in jeopardy to th e health, safety on general we lfare of a structures inhabitants. �HUDNEWS U . S . DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT WASH I NGTON D . C . 20410 HUD-No. 6 9- 0555 Phone (202) 755-7327 FOR RELEASE AFTER: 2:00 P.M., Monday June 30, 1969 MODEL CITIES CONTRACT TENDERED TO PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA Secretary George Romney,of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development,today announced the tender of a $3,296,638 Model Cities contract to Philadelphia, Penns y lvania. The b a l a nc e of the outstanding reservation of $25,113,000 of Model Cities funds for the City of Philadelphia was being continued into the next fiscal year, Secretary Romney said. HUD Assist a nt Secretary Floyd H. Hyde , who administers the Model Cities Program, made the following stat ement in connection with today' s ac tion. "The Model Cities program proposed by the City, a s revised during the past several months b y the City , repre sents a broad, comprehensive five-year attack on the phy sical, socia l and economic problems of the Mod el Cities area . The contract t e nder a nnounced to day i s limited to a portion of Philadelphia's t o t a l first y ear reservati on bec a u se o f several proble ms which must sti ll b e resol v ed by t h e City. A numb er of projects proposed to be initiated during the first a ction year are not y et ready for funding, because of reliance by the City on the carrying out of these proj ects by corporat ions not yet formed. "In the near f uture , the City is expected to recast its approach and a lso to d evelop a higher leve l of coordination with respect to the us e of funds from Federal sour ces other than Model Cities and State, loca l a nd private f unding sources. Once these improvements are made , the City will be able to receive further Model Cities grants for the remainder of i ts o utstanding reservation. The changes which the City has recently made in the direction of strengthening the administration of its Mode l Citie s program are encouraging and give promise of continuing improvement. more - �HUD-No. 69- 0555 -, - 2 - "Today's action by Secretary Romne y will permit the City to initiate several projects immediately and also provides funds for the continued administration of the Philadelphia Model Cities program, including the necessary replanning efforts. The grant approved today likewise gives financial support to Philadelphia's citizen participation structure at its current operating level."







V �HUDNEWS U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT WASHINGTON D . C. 20410 HUD-No. 69-0545 Phone (202) 755-7327 FOR RELEASE AFTER: 2:00 p.m., Monday June 30, 1969 MODEL CITIES CONTRACT TENDERED TO ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI Secretary George Romney of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today announced the tender of a $5,183,000 Model Cities contract to St. Louis, Mo. St . Louis w ill also be given support from other programs administered by HUD, by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, the Department of Labor, and the Office of Economic Opportunity. State, county, local and private resources w ill also be used by the city in its concentrated, coordinated attack on the serious social , physical and economic problems within the Model Cities area . Secretary Romney said that the remainder of St. Louis' $9,485,000 allocation of Model Cities funds has been reserved for the city, pending further development of additional projects and activities planned by the city and their approval by HUD. "St. Louis has developed a comprehensive overall plan and has carefully established priorities for the start of its first year activities," Secretary Romney said. "Our action today approves those projects which the city is ready to start on immediately. While funding of neighborhood corporation operations has been approved, more w ork needs to be done with re spect to those corporations before these projects get underway . Further work is also required to develop projects to make use of the more than $4 million of program funds still held in re serve for possible use in St. Louis this year. We will give prompt consideration to the remaining projects and activities when they are presented t o us." Secretary Romney, who is also Chairman of the President's Cabinet Committee on Voluntary Action, noted the private and public involvement in the St. Louis program. - more - �HUD-No . 69-0545 - 2 - Many components of the St. Louis model cities program are benef itting from volunteer efforts. For example, recreation programs in the model neighborhood will use volunteers from church groups, civic organizations and business groups. In the Jeff Vander-Lou area, several local business men, architects and area residents are involved in a housing rehabilitation program. neighborhood residents will receive training in building skills through the St. Louis Associated General Contractors and the AFL Labor Council.. The Danforth Foundation of St. Louis has contributed to the arts and educational programs. Commenting on the decision to tender a contract, Secretary Romney explained that this was done after a careful review of the St. Louis comprehensive plan. The plan was thoroughly studied and analyzed both by the Regional and Washington Interagency Review Committees representing those Federal Departments and Agencies with urban aid programs. A total of 150 communities in 45 States, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico are participating in the Model Cities Program. The first applications for planning grants were approved in November 196 7. For further information: Mar_garet B. Wilson, Acting Dire ctor Model Cities Agency Civil Courts Building 12th and Market Streets St. Louis, Mo. 63101 Mayor Alfonso J. Cervantes City Hall St. Louis, Mo. 63101 NOTE: A summary of the St. Louis Model Cities Program is available upon request to the Office of Public Affairs, U.S . Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C. 20410.







V �HUDNEWS U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT WASHINGTON D . C . 20410 HUD-No. 69-0525 Phone (202) 755-6980 FOR RELEASE AFTER: 2:00 P . M., Monday June 30, 1969 HUD TENDERS MODEL CITIES CONTRACT TO TEXARKANA, TEXAS Secretary George Romney of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today announced the tender of a $1,558,000 Model Cities contract to Texarkana, Texas. Today's action by Secretary Romney will enable the city to begin the first-year action phase under its comprehensive five-year Model Cities program. State, county, local and private resources will also be used by the city in its concentrated, coordinated attack on the- serious social, economic and physical problems within the Model Cities area. HUD pointed out that the programs for Texarkana, Tex as and Texarkana, Arkansas were developed as a joint effort. Both cities received planning grants on the basis that they would demonstrate the feasibility of inter-city, inter-state cooperation. In the first action year of their respective programs, eight projects will be carried out jointly by the two cities. Funding of projects to be operated by the Texarkana Independent School District has not been approved pending the outcome of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare Title VI proceedings . The obligation of the Tex as Independent School District to come into full compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is in no way diminished by HUD's approval of the Te~arkana, Texas Model Cities program. Secretary Romney, who is Chairman of the President's Cabinet Committee on Voluntary Action , noted the Public and private involvement in the p l anning phase of the Texarkana p r ogram as well as in carrying out the first year action projects. - more - �HUD-No. 69-0525 The Texarkana Home Builders' Association and the Texarkana Board of Realtors were involved in planning and developing the housing element in the comprehensive plan. Individual members of the Home Builders' group are building housing for low-income families under the FHA home0wnership assistance program. The Texarkana Chamber of Commerce, Carpenter's Local No. 379, the University of Arkansas, Texas A & M, and Texarkana Junior College also participated in the planning phase. Among the groups cooperating in preparing the health and social service components were Senior Citizens Services, Inc~, the Texarkana Dental Society, the Texarkana Council on Alcoholism, and the Mental-Health Retardation Center. In addition, local television and radio stations publicized the program, and Texarkana Newspaper, Inc. donated time, staff services and equipment to print the "Community Developer" as a supplement to the local newspaper. Commenting on the decision to tender a contract, Secretary Romney explained that this was done after a careful review of the Texarkana comprehensive plan. The plan was thoroughly studies and analyzed both by the Regional and Washington Interagency Review Committees representing those Federal Departments and Agencies with urban aid programs. A total of 150 communities in 45 States, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico are participating in the Model Cities program. The first applications for planning grants were approved in November 1967. For further information: Leo Bounds, Jr. Model Cities Agency P. 0. Box 1967 Texarkana, Texas 75502 Mayor A. J. Womack City Hall Texarkana, Texas 75502 NOTE: A summary of the Texarkana Model Cities program is available upon request to the Office of Public Affairs, U. s. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D. C., 20410.






V �HUDNEWS U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT WASHINGTON D . C . 20410 FOR RELFASE AFTEP: 2:00 P.M., Monday June 30, 1969 HUD-No. 69-0543 Phone (202) 755-6980 MODEL CITIES CONTRACT TENDERED TO PORTLAND, OREGON Secretary George Romney of the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today announced the tender of a $1,262,987 Model Cities contract to Portland, Oregon. Explaining HUD's action, Assistant Secretary Floyd H. Hyde, who administers the Model Cities program, said, "Portland has developed a comprehensive overall plan and has brought a number of projects to the point where they appear ready to start operation. For other projects, however, the proposed arrangements with local operating agencies have not been 'Norked out firmly enough so they can be funded at this time. Portland also is expected to strengthen its overall administrative capacity to carry out its Model Cities program." Assistant Secretary Hyde said that the balance of the $3,745,000 allocated to Portland would be held in reserve and would be available for funding additional Portland activities when necessary improvements have been made. "The funds approved today for Portland provide for a substantial start," he said. "We hope Portland will soon be in position to use its full allocation."






V �EWS U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT WASHINGTON D.C. 20410 FOR RELEASE AFTER: 2:00 p.m., Friday June 27, 1969 HUD No. 69-0521 Phone (202) 755-7327 MODEL CITIES CONTRACT TENDERED TO TULSA, OKLA. Secretary George Romney of the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today announced the tender of a $3,553,000 Model Cities contract to Tulsa, Okla. Tulsa will also be given support from other programs administered by HUD, by the Department of Health, Ejucation and Welfare, and the Office of Economic Opportunity. Today's action by Secretary Romney will enable Tulsa to begin the first year action phase of its comprehensive five-year Model Cities program. State, county, local and private resources will also be used by the city in its concentrated, coordinated attack on the serious social, physical and economic problems within the Model Cities area. Secretary Romney, who is Chairman of the President's Cabinet Committee on Voluntary Action, noted the private and public involvement in the Tulsa program. Last year, during the planning phase, The Tulsa Chamber of Commerce convened a nation-wide Growth Seminar which devoted time to the Model Cities Program. The University of Oklahoma Extension Office in Tulsa was directly involved in preparing the city's comprehensive plan. A non-profit corporation, The Target Area Action Group, will help identify voluntary opportunities f or residents and community-wide interests in the first year action phase of the Tulsa program. In addition, the Red Cross North Tulsa Chapter will also be involved. Commenting on the decision to tender a contract, Secretary Romney explained that this was done after a careful review of the Tulsa comprehensive plan. The plan was thoroughly studied and analyzed both by the Regional and Washington Interagency Review Connnittees representing those Federal Departments and Agencies with urban aid programs. · "During the past several months, Tulsa has done an excellent job in revising its proposals and improving its capability to operate its first year action program," he said. -more- �IDJD No. 69-0521 -2- A total of 150 connnunities in 45 States, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico are participating in the Model Cities Program. The first applications for planning grants were approved in November 1967. For further information: Dr. C. J. Roberts City Demonstration Agency Beacon Building Tulsa, Okla. 74103 Mayor James M. Hewgley, Jr. City Hall Tulsa, Okla. 74103 NOTE: A summary of the Tulsa Model Cities Program is available upon request to the Office of Public Affairs, U.S. Dspartment of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D. C. 20410.







V �HUDNEWS U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT WASHINGTON D . C . 20410 HUD-No. 69-0504 Phone {202) 755-6980 FOR RELEASE AFTER: 2:00 P.M. Friday June 27, 1969 HUD MODEL CITIES CONTRACT TENDERED TO BOSTON Secretary George Romney of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today announced the tender - of a $7,718,000 Model Cities contract to Boston, Mass. Boston will also be given substantial support from other programs administered by HUD, and the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Department of Labor, and the Office of Economic Opportunity. Today's action by Secretary Romney will enable the city to begin the first-year action phase under its comprehensive fiveyear Model Cities program. State, county, local and private resources will also be us ed by the city in its concentrated, coordinated attack on the serious social, economic and physical problems within the Model Cities area. Secretary Romney, who is the Chairman of the President's Cabinet Committee on Voluntary Action, noted the extensive private involvement in the Boston program. The Boston Model Cities Administration has obtained commitments of funds and services from local corporations, private organizations and universities. Among the groups to be involved in manpower and economic development are the Boston Urban Foundation and the National Alliance of Businessmen. The Contractors Association of Boston Institute will work with the housing development program. The Urban League will operate two innovative e ducational programs with curricula developed by five institutions- - Wheelock, Boston Un i versity, Boston Coll ege, Simmons and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Commenting on the deci sion to t ender a contract, Secretary Romne y explained that thi s was done after a careful review of the Boston comprehe nsive plan. The plan wa s tho roughly studied (MORE) �-2- HUD-No. 69-0504 and analyzed both by the Regional and Washington Interagency Review Committees representing those Federal departments and agencies with urban aid programs. "During the past several months, Boston has done an excellent job in revising its proposals and improving its capability to operate in the first-year action program," he sa i d. A total of 150 communities in 45 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico are participating in the Model Cities program. The first applications for planning grants were approved in November 1967. Pa ul Parks, Administrator Model Citie s Adm inistrat i on Bartlett Building 2401 Washington Street Boston, Massachusetts 02119 For furthe r information: Mayor Kevin Whi te City Hall Bos ton, Ma s sachuse tts Note : 02101 A s ummary of the Boston Model Cit i es pr ogram i s a v ailable upon requ e st to t h e Offi c e o f Publ i c Affa irs , U. S . Department of Housing and Urban Development , Washington , D. C. 20 410.







�July 8, 1969 Honor 1 Gregory Grisg oard of Ald n Ctty of tl n Post Offic~ Box 9751 Atlant ,. D r otg 30319 • Griggs: the c:onfusio which h s c d the d :fe nt of E · ' • Th re i nothing proj ct d ich hould c e nyon 'a p rt . �July 8,. 1969 Honorable Gr gory Griggs Boa~d of Ald rman City of /1.tlant Post Office Box 9757 Atlanta, Georgia 30319 l)e Mr . Griggs: W regtet th confu ion which h s c used the defertnent of EO ' Model Cities pl n . Th· re i nothing projected which should be c us for muciety on anyon ' s part. A you know, EOA ha.·. large h vily populated target ·r a within the Model Cities bound ia , nd w hav be n ctive theri ith in• ufficient r source sine 1965 . Ith a leo b en difficult to ad quately s rv s0tne parts of the low-incom community b caus of r id nti 1 p tt rna . ��NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES 1612 K STREET, NORTHWEST, WASHINGTON, D. C. 20006 UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF MAYORS July 2, 1969 To : ~ (1) (2) (3) (4) Members of the NLC Executive Committee and Advisory Council Officers, Trustees and Members of the USCM Advisory Board


tvlembers of the National Steering Committee, Model Cities Directors Association


Executive Directors of State, County and Municipal Government National Associations Relevant to Model Cities Administration (5) Executive Dire ctor s of State Municipal Leagues Subject: HUD Contract With Model Cities Service Center We have just signed a twelv e-month contract with the Department of Housing and Urban Developm ent which will permit the Le ague of Citie s - Confe r e nce of Mayors Mode l Citie s Service Center t o render technical assistan ce to all mode l cities. This is a n a dva nce a nnouncement; a p ress release will follow. As was explained to the officer s of the re cently-forme d Model Cities Dire ctors Association, at a meeting he ld here in Wa shington, this c ontr a ct pr ovides s tart-up funds for what we hope w ill evolve into a m ajor service pr ogram of bene fit t o ..not only the me mbe rs of that Association but to otliler re levant nat ional a s sociations , as listed in one of the closi ng paragraphs of this letter. The se key associations, essential to the succe ss of the mode l cities proce ss, will be given subcontr acts fr om our joint Center , as funding dev elops, to aid them in the perfor mance of essential task s . Th e contract a s execute d with t he Office of the As sistant Se cretary for Demon s t rations a nd Inte rgovernmental Re lations provides for the foll owi ng services for a ll par tie s interest e d in the mode l cities pr ogram: (1) The h oldi ng of conference s , sem inars a nd training sessions ; (2) T he pr eparation of a monthly Mode l Cities Technical Assistance Re p ort communicat ing significa nt local experi ences and h ighlighting innovative activitie s; (3) The making available of a wide range of profes s ional s who will provide te chnical assistance ; and, (4) The pre paration of case stu dies and special informati on repor t s. A de ta i le d s tate ment of wor k is e nclosed for those r e cipie nts of this le tter identified a bove as groups (3) and (4) . Copie s are available for others intere ste d . . The contract, which will start August 1, 1969, provide s for two a dmini strative pos itions, a Proje ct Direct or and a Dir ector of CDA Se rvice s. The perfor mance of the contract has bee n pla ce d w it hin our Mode l Cities Se rvice Ce nter whic h i s under the general s upervi s ion of John Garvey, Jr. , Director , League of Cities - Conferen ce of Ma yors Center for Program Imp le m enta tion. T he pe rson s e lected to administer t hi s $90 , 000 proje ct i s Mr . Ross D. Davis , former Assis tant Secretary of Commer ce for Economic De ve lopme nt. Mr . Davis , a strong advocat e of the model cit ies concept, ha s been active in interagency re\ations, focus i ng on program s for social and economic deve lopment, with particular emphas is upon management and organization and upon private-public sector aspects. Recruiting is underway for t he position of Director of CDA Services, �- 2 - a particularly significant position requiring a background of CDA experience, and a combination of professional and technical, association and inter-organizational-type talents. Suggestions are welcomed. We would like to take this opportunity to pay recognition to and to thank the representatives of the following national public interest organizations with whom we have worked and jointly sponsored model cities conferences with over the past year: American Institute of Planners; Council of State Governments; International City Management Association; Model Cities Directors Association (prior to May 27, their CDA Directors Steering Committee); National Assembly for Social Policy Development; National Association for Community Development; National Association of Counties; National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials; National Education Association; and the National Governors Conference. The ultimate potential of the model cities concept can only be achieved with the support, understanding and active involvement of organizations ·such as these. We hope to develop a number of opportunities in the coming months which wtll strengthen this consortium of effort. We are thankful to the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Demonstrations and Intergovernmental Relations for making possible this "seed money," permitting us to launch this significant joint service. This occasion calls to mind a similar funding of start-up costs made possible by this Office, March, 1967, which then permitted the National Association of Counties and the National League of Cities to launch a National Service to Regional Councils, now fully operational. We are in the final stages of gathering information pertaining to staffing and organizational details of model cities programs and hope to publish this by mid-month. The gathering of data __for this comprehensive directory has given us a unique opportunity to document those elements of the model cities program which have the hi,ghest priority of need. Working in cooperation with the national public interest organizations, HUD, and under the policy direction of the Board of Directors of the League of Cities-Conference of Mayors joint administrative service program, our Model Cities Service Center plans to concentrate first on these highest priority needs. Jo~E~ U. S. Conference of Mayors Patrick Healy, Executive D · National League of Cities cc : Office of the Assistant Secretary for Demonstrations and Intergovernmental Relations Ross D. Davis �July 8, 1969 MEMORANDUM To: Mr . Lyl e Scott From: Dan Sweat Attached is lettear from Mrs . Cal houn who give her a f ir sh re on the paint. ys you didn't Pl a e giv m a eall and let me know what the story is on h r p int complaint. DS:fy Attachment (1) ~-or~ x~ &iP4 clt_ e_a,,J!:a_ 3011/ �TELEPHONE : 298-7535 (Area Code 202) UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF MAYORS 1707 H STREET, WASHINGTON, NORTHWEST D. C. 20006 July 3, 1969 Pruidnu: T ERRY D. SCHRUNK l-.hyor of Portland, Ore. LJ1r11 Vice Prcsidcnl: ARTHUR NAFTALIN


M'.ayor of Minneapolis


Pail Prc1idcn11: JOSEPH M. B ARR l-.fayor of Pittsburgh J EROME P. CAVANAGH M:iyor of Detroit RICHARD J . D ALEY l,.Uyor of Chicago RICHARD C. L EE M:ayor of New H11.ven Trs11ue1: . CLYDE E. FANT Mayor of Shreveport JOHN V . LINDSAY Mnyor of New York FRANK F . McDoNALD Mayor of Evansville JAMES H. J . TATE Mat-or of Phihdelphin G EORGE VAN TASSEL iut-or of T usca100S3 J.oUIE \V'ELCH Mayor of Housron Adf/Uory BoMd: ]ACK D. :MALTESTER, Cha.irman l,.Uyor of S10 Londro I VAN ALLEN, JR. Mayor of Adanra LESTER L BATES Mayor of Columbia, S. C. B EVERLY BRILEY Mayor of NashvilJe A. }. CERVANTES l,.Uyor of St. Louis STEPHEN P. CLARK Mayor of Miami ORAN K. G RAGSON Mayor of Las Vegas. MILTON H . GRAHAM Mayor of Phoenix D AVID HALL Mayor of Dayton HERSCHEL J. lASHKOWITZ Mayor of F11Cgo BEN H. LEWIS M:1.yor of Riverside HENRY \V'. :MAIER l\Uyor of Milwaukee The Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 30315 Dear Mayor Allen: ~ ~IJ1J /4 I~ -/ii d4f <iP The u. s. Conference of Mayors and the u.~Conference of City Heal th Officers are interested in the pr ocess of hea lth planning within the context of the Model Cities planning effort. A survey sponsored by the Conference of Mayors under contract with the Publi c Health Service is being administered t o l ocal health departments t o determine their role in planning and implementing the Model Ci ties health component. In order t o get a different perspective on the health planning process of the Model Cities, we are a sking Mayors t o respond personally to the enclosed companion survey. The survey is f or informational purposes only. The overall results of the survey will be made available to those participants desiring them. Individual responses will, however, be kept in confidence. Completion of the questionnaire will not require more than fifteen (15) minutes of your time. If the space provided for your answers is not sufficient, please feel free to write on the blank side of the questionnaire. Your personal cooperation in this effort will be greatly appreciated. M . E. SENSENBRENNER l-.hyor of Columbus, Ohio Sincerely yours, ALLEN C. THOMPSON Mayor of Jackson, Miss. W ILLIAM P. WALSH Mayor of Syr:icuse SAMUEL \Y/. YORTY Mayor of Los Angeles FRANK N. ZULLO Mayor of Norwalk, Conn . Exoculive Director: J OHN J . GUNTHER Enclosure �Jv J .. I , I �DEPARTM E NT OF HOU S ING A ND U R BAN D E VELOPMENT PEACHT_REE SEVENTH BUILDI NG, ATLANTA, GEORG I A 30323 Room 645 REGION Ill June 3, 1969 IN REPLY REFER TO: Code 3RF Mr. Ge orge L. Aldri dge, J r . Director Communi ty Improveme nt Pr ogram City Hall 68 Mitchell Street , S. W. . Atlanta, Georgi a 30303 Dear Mr. Aldridge : Subje ct: Pr oj e ct No . Ga . R- 97(CRP ) Community Re newal Program Approval of Hous ing Costs Study The Housing Costs Study for t he Atlanta Community I mprovement Progr am has b een r e viewed and found t o be satisfac tory . It is recommende d t hat t he Model Cit i e s Agency be a dvi sed of the following : a. To conside r the re commendations and conclusions c ontained in the Housing Costs Study in planning relocation resources , espe ciall y a s t h ey concern housing preferences, timing of development of resources , treatment of particular neighborhoods or sub- areas, the style a nd cost of housing a nd full uti lization of HUD-a ssisted housing p rograms. b. To coordinate the Study re commendations with proposed NDP activities with in t he Model Cities Area . c. To include in the Reloca tion Pr ogram f or t he Model Cit i es Area the matters i ncluded in paragraph a above , in addi tion t o reviewing estimates of displa cement found in the St udy. Rel a t i ve t o h ousing resources proposed for relocation of reside nts i n or from the Model Cities Area, displa ceme nt should not exceed the s upply of new hous i ng which ca n be assured of development within the same displ acement period. In view of the experimental nature of the Mode l Cities ef fort and t h e . re commendations i n the St udy to use all possibl e methods and programs to keep housing prices low, it may be necessary and desirable to show resources on a year-to-year basis with first year displacement limited t o the resource supply for that d. �2 year, allowing the time for development of innovative housing programs and in attaining necessary sponsorship on an open-ended basis. This would require assurance that displacement and resource supply will be reviewed annually with amended Relocation Programs provided to HUD for concurrence before displacement occurs. D~ I Sincerely yours, ./· r J ;' ,\ !'I r ?NJ,w,/,'i\ -~- cc: Mr. Fountain . ) 11 ;:N V / ··' John I'.' Eafrn.inds Assistant Regional AcL~inistrator for Renewal Assistance -· �~~ CITYOF.ATL June 12, 1969 OFFICE OF MODEL CITIES PROGRAM 673 Capitol Avenue, S.W. Atlanta, Ga . 30315 404-524-8876 Ivan Allen Jr., Mayor J. C. Johnson, Director MEMORANDUM TO Alderman G. Everett Millican Mr. Walter Mitchell Mrs. Martha Weems Dr. c. Miles Smith Mr. Clarence Coleman FROM. Johnny C. Johnson, Director Model Cities Program SUBJECT: Review Committee Meeting c::::-0 ~ The Mayor has scheduled the next meeting of the Review Committee for Wednesday, June 18 at 10:00 a.m. in Committee Room No. 1. Your attendance is urgently needed in order to e x pedite an effective review of the projects involved. VLC CC : Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. �GEORGIA I NSTIT U TE OF TECHNOLOGY ATLANTA. 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They are tired of b2in 6 the p assive subj e ct. of surveys and plmis that bring no immediate benefits--· But as they move for·mi:cd by self dc/e,erminG d practical steps---as citiz ens of. the State of Georgi a, th.:;y uill expect, t.o take advank1go of nll the ne,·r syste;-;, s nnd devices th at modern t e chnology can c or.ie up uith to meet their needomd requirements-and to benefit fro:-n th3 St ate 's investment in Technological Research and Education. J..11 hmv~ lit)odern technology"is no::1 oriented to other things--~ to l½e middle class ~ • ~ -- -..::...'"":::!! ttincentive" values of suburbr.n affluent living--~ancl tbe ttsecurity 11 val>.:es of making ~ ..c we.r. It is r,ot yet oric:.1te0 ~o tbe n eeds and requirements of 11 Hodel Cities"--- and ha s no on-goinr; program, in this nrenJI that cDn noH come up with spe cta cular fv\ advances at short intervals---such as occur in the other areas. . 1' J'2R.M . ~h-1.iJ;-he 1-; atioiial . h.~G<-'"""' .,;, "1 }!odal Ci ties and similar prograJJs are jwl-1~r so vast and critical to the 1-!atlon 1 i:,h at t='cbnology is now cbli.:'. ecJ to becom:?. oriented to them-- end ready to s erve the Citizens 1-ho live there . Atlanta's Hocbl Citi es prog:rr:m he~ the opportunH,y and tho1,rs the promise of leading the nation-- and Georgia Tech ~~.shes to do its part in this by providing the technolog:ically-~af sd education and in~ ovative research that is needed to do this job. Such ne;,r purpose and dire ction can ect as a ereat incentive to help raise our levels of acade·J1ic achi~vemc..11-t-- and cur students will be better citizens b rlCc:mse of their involvement in it. One thing in particular has to oe ~aid about _this --:,·~ We should not ever imagine Georgia Tech's store of t echnological expertise to be .;· like the wealth of some rich family, reP.dj~--to make charitable gifts to poor ·.. relations. ' Tech very much needs new ch ~ es - that are commensurate with~ resources -- ~nd the challenge of the 1Hodel Cities' The shoe may well be on the other foot. program is in this sense something of a gift to Georgia Tech. Our association with Mode 1 Ci ties- can 'o e much more fruitful to us than - 5imilar associntion with Urban Renewal has been in the past. ·1.Hodel Cities' has tbe built-in capacity to succeed where previous programs proved abortive. This is because of its bnsic princivle of Citizen participation an~ its total integration of Social economic and physical improvement measures. What this architecture class is attempting,is n relatively small project, to �,; be explor:cd ~nci developed at a high speed-- as th8se .things Go ---- but it is important to us at Georgia 'i'ech_p bec ause it ccm prepare the way for


deeper studies. O ur immediate assets he:.:.'e c1re: 1) f>-t,uc't2nts., msmb2rs of the /J:A Nationnl Student Organizdion)·-- who have c1sked to be given this kind of task in their classes--- They are ~lready motivated. 2) C-i;rrlcnt clirr.2.te cf o;;inion that sees improved educationnl values in this kind of project···-·· when prop:rly oreanized. 3) Paople wh0 know the difficulties wo face in attempting this--- and eire e•-i:.:.ippc·.:i z~:d ree.dy to give us all the help t, hey can. The students


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but basically practical ir.nov2tion~. The pressntat:5.on prcducts e;j'lerf,ing fro:n th•3 study will b~ as .follows: A~ics of sy:r;chronized audio tap'3S a!'1d slici:~S :or aiidi torium ~ ~.,;...;;..;..;.;..;;;_;..;;.,;;....;..;.....;;,.;_.;;..;~.,;.,.~ ............;..=....,.,.,,_.....,_,.__-.o _ _ - presentation. .... Utilization of these proth1ets · ~;ill be as follows: · a) Educa tional u3e f.9.r f~~ ...~_;J a 143.215.248.55,s, not only to CC!TI'r:mnic .;1te valuable knouledge of this area of public nscdi but also as a stirn1lus and · guide for those making sirniln!' studies in other areas of need. / · b) For pr?.g,t,~t.,1}_~=2!:..~f.~?..I!.~ s in architecture~ city_ planning, er.gine ering, ~edicine and health services---- -- to pro~ote and facilitate bette r understanding of the needs and possibilities for effective acticn, including interdisciplinary colzboration (such as mutally adv anti.geous ~d!!ptatic.nof vurious aspect solutions, to allow fo r their consolidcition in a unified total a ss err..bly). ·- ·.:.·-cf For lo cal l e aders and ·cit.i zens-- as .m aid to democratic decision-mak. _ing., in-an on- going proc e ss of community in1provement. 1' �.. RELEVA NCE AND REALITY IN TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION AN EXERCISE IN PROBLEM STUDY METHODS AND COMMUNICAT ION TECHNIQUES--FOCUSSED ANO INTENSIFIED BY APPLI CAT ION TO THE HEALTH FACILITY NEEDS OF ATLANTA'S 'MODEL CITIES' FAMILIES AR CHITECTUR AL DESIGN STUDENTS AND FACULTY CORDIALLY IN VITE YOU TO VISIT THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND SEE: MON. JUNE 9th AND ALL WEEK AN EXHIBIT IN ROOM 225 MON, 9 TUESo , THURS,* 9 a.m. & 4 p.m. AN AUDIO-VISUAL PRESENTATION IN THE STUDENTS LOUNGE 


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I �CITY OF .ATLANTA CITY HALL June 2, 1969 ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR R. EARL LANDERS, Administrat ive Assistant MRS . ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Liaison ,- -- - -- --------- . ·-· I Mr . . Richard Wilson School of Architecture Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Georgia 30332 Dear Mr .. Wilson: - _/·-"\ /



\ r \ l , I \ J- I' \_~ ~----Y The work being done by your students in the new Model Cities involvement 11 project is of great interest to those of us in government involved in the Model Cities Program. 11 For some time, it has been my feeling that our academic institutions could serve the community and their students much more effectively if academic curricula could be geared to contemporary problems and projects. The results of such work should be made available to interested governmental or community leaders so that the innovations of the youthful mind of the college student can be shared by those responsible for building progran~s for the good of the total .... com...'Tiuni...y. I wish for your students success in their undertaking and I hope it is just the beginning of many other proje_cts in which the City can share. S ·ncerely yours, · )1;-.. ;1/)/~~:~u rV ari Sweat II DS :fy -- -----.. I l 1~ �CITY OF A.TLANTA. June 5, 1969 OFFICE OF MODEL CITIES PROGRAM 673 Capitol Avenue, S .W. Atlanta, Ga . 30315 404-524-8876 Ivan. Allen. Jr., Mayor J. C. Johnson, Director M E M O R A N -D -U -M TO Dan E. Sweat FROM Johnny C. Johnson SUBJECT: Copies of the Eric Hill Housing Report ~ The Eric Hill Housing Report is in the hands of the City Purchasing Department for the reproduction of 200 copies. We have been informed that it will take approximately three weeks to finish this report. We will be glad to give you a copy as soon as it comes off the press. JCJ : vlc �THE UNIVERSiTY OF GEORGIA INS T I TUT E OF T ERRE LL 0 HA LL G OVE RNMEN T ATHE NS , GEORG I A 3060 1 AREA CODE 4 0 4 5 42 - 2 7 36 Jun e 17, 1969 Mr . J ohn C. Johnson Director, Model Citi es 673 Capi t ol , S . W. Atl ant a , Georg i a 30315 Dear Mr . Johnson: Base d u pon our me eting of May 23 and upon subsequent conversations with Mr . J ames L . Wri ght, Jr. of y our st aff, we wish to make the fo llow ing propos al for a training p rogram in Mode l Cities projec t p lannin g and management. Mr . Donald T. Kelley , Assistant Profes sor , College of I ndustrial Management, Geo rgia Institute of Technology , will be emp l oyed b y t he University of Georgia to develop and implement a training p rogram for Model Cities projec t agency personnel . The instruction wi l l emphasize a. network planning , crit ic al p a th approach to Mode l Cities pro j ec t manage ncn t . All training wi ll be conducted during the months of J uly and ugust, 1969 . . uring the training period, Mr . Kel l ey will conduct a maximum of six wo -day classroom sessions and . two one-half clay follow-up sessions for each proj ec t agency represe nt ed in the cl assroom s ess ions. During the cl assroom meetings, part i cipants wil l b e introduced to the concept of network planning and its Model Cities application . Before the end of the classroom instructions, p articipants will begin to develop th eir own project n etworks . Follow-up sessio~s will b e h eld for each project agency in order to assist project managers in the refinement of n etworks initi ated in t he cl assroom sessions . Thi s approach to the training assume_s that each classroom session wi ll b e attended b y twelve trainees, representing four project agencies . Thu s, i f maximum p articipation is achi~ved, a total of seventy-two pro j ect ma n agers representing twenty four project agencies wi ll receive tra i ning b y August 31, 1969. This training program wi ll be funded primarily by a gran t obtaine d by the Universit y of ·ceorgia under the provisions of Title VIII of th e Housing Act of 1964. The only direct costs to be paid b y participating Mode l Cities agencies will be the costs of travel, housing and meals if the classroom sessions are held i n Athens . �Mr . J ohn C. J ohnson Page two J une 17 , 1969 I f th e provisions of this proposal are a cc e ptabl e to y ou, we are asking you to t ake th e following ac tio n : 1. Obtain comm itme nt s from Hode l Cities proj ect agencies to particip a t e in th e train in g program . 2. Determine the de sir a b i lit y of part icipa ti on by s e l ected membe r s of your staff, and consid e r the feasibility of devoting the fi rst cl a ssroom s ess ion exclu sive l y t o training you r staff per sonne l. 3. Determine the loc a t ions for classroom sessions . Sp ace i s .available a t t he University of Geo r gia ' s Ce nt er for Continui ng Ed uca tion on the fol l ow ing dates : Jul y 10 - 11, 14 - 15, 16 -17, 24 - 25 , 31 -August 1, 7- 8 . Alth ough th e Ath ens l ocat ion of fers some advantages, cl assroom session s can b e h e ld in At l a nt a just as easily, prov id e d adequate classroom fac i l ities a r e available . We are ex tr eme l y please d to submit this proposal . We f ee l th at this program .n ma ke a significant contribution t o the ac c omplishment of City of Atla nt a Model Cit ies program objec t ives. I wil l be availa bl e to meet with y ou or yo ur staff representativ e s a t any t ime to pr ovide add it io na l information or to finalize program arrangements . Sinc ere ly, J ohn W. Vining , Jr . Coordinator of Government a .l Training .JWVJr: rbb cc: Carl Sutherl3/ld Da n Swea t George Be r ry v �DEPART MENT O FFI C E O F T H E A SSI S T ANT S ECRET A R Y FOR M ODEL CI TIES A ND G O V ERN M ENT A L RELATIONS Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor of Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia 30303 I N RE P L Y R EFE R TO : JUN 1 1 1969 Dear Mayor Allen: In his press conference of April 28, 1969, Secretary Romney made the following statement: "The 10% population restriction on the size of the target neighborhoods will be dropped . • . . [T]his . . . does not mean that the program will be expanded city wide within ea ch city. Its purpose will remain t hat of focusing resources on par ticularly poor and blight ed ne i ghborhoods, but local officials will be given grea ter l a t i t ude in dr awing progr am boundar ies that confo rm to l ocal condit i ons. " The Secretary ' s comments have been given wi dely dif fer i ng inter pretations in news papers and periodicals around t he country. I n order to avoid a ny confusion I would like to expand a bit on t he Secretary ' s remarks. Cities are certainly not requ ired t o expand their model nei ghb orhood boundaries . They will be permitted to do s o in or der t o remove arbitrary geographic limitation s tha t prevent logical and effective program development. For example, in one city a small geographic area was eliminated from the model neighborho od in order to meet the population limitation. This area is contiguous to the model neighborhood, is a blighted area, with essentially the same kind of population mix as the model neighborhood, and contains only a few thousand residents. Expansion to include this contiguous area would not materially affect the capacity of this city to mount a program that will have substantial impact on the neighborhood problems. This represents an artificial constraint which may be removed, if the city seeks to initiate such a change. �2 Any addition to the model neighborhood must still meet all statutory requirements. The additional area must be a blighted one. The program for the expanded area must meet all the statutory criteria, including the requirement that the program achieve a substantial impact on the neighborhood's problems. No additional supplemental funds will be available for the expanded areas. For most first round cities, this means that new projects or extended projects in the new areas would depend on funds from other than Model Cities supplemental grant funds. All cities may find it difficult to assure the program impact required by the statute if the model neighborhood is greatly expanded unless substantial additional resources are available. In most situations, however, as CDA's develop their capabilities to plan, coordinate, and evaluate the program in their first target area, much benefit could be derived from expanding these activities of the CDA to those resources and programs presently going into poverty areas of the city other than the present model neighborhood. This expanding role of the CDA as the program continues would enable the cities to be in a position to better utilize additional resources in the future as they may become available. Any request for area expansion should set forth the reasons therefore and demonstrate that the city has the capacity to administer the program in the expanded areas in accordance with the foregoing considerations. Very truly yours, ~-~ · ~kFloyd H. Hyde �DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT WASHINGTON, D. C. 20410 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR MODEL CITIES AND GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS IN REPL Y REFER TO : . /' JUN 1 1 1969 ' ·Jr . 30303 D r Mayor Allen: tn hi pr se confer c of April 28, 1969, Secret ry Rt>mn y d th followu t t nt: 10% popul tion r st:rict1ou on th t n ighborhoods 'Will be dropped • • • • [T)h1 • • • doe not · n that th progr will b panded cit wide within ch city. Its purpo will r in that of foeuai re ourc on p rticul rly poor nd bli ht i hborhooda, b t loc l offic ls will be iv gr t r 1 titud in dr wing progr boundari that confoni to loc 1 cot\ditio ," HTh tar siv n wid ly diff rin int r- round th country. uld U.k to ap nd In bit on th �2 Any addition to the model neighborhood must still meet all statutory requirements. The additional area must be a blighted one. The program for the expanded area must meet all the statutory criteria, including the requirement that the program achieve a substantial impact on the neighborhood's problems. No additional supplemental funds will be available for the expanded areas. For most first round cities, this means that new projects or extended projects in the new areas would depend on funds from other than Model Cities supplement 1 grant funds. All cities may find it difficult to assure the program impact requir d by the tatute if the model neighborhood is greatly expanded unless substantial additional resources are available. In most situations, howev r, as CDA's develop their capabilities to plan, coordinate, and evaluate the program in their first target area, much benefit could be derived from expanding these activities of the CDA to those resources and programs presently going into poverty areas of the city other than the present model neighborhood. Thi expanding role of the CDA a the program continues would enable the cities to be in a position to better utilize additional r ources in the future as they may become vailable. Any requ st for area expansion should set forth the reasons therefor and demonstr te that the city has th capacity to administer the progr in th expanded reas in accordance with the foregoing consider tions. Very truly yours, ~a~~cJFloyd H. Hyde �DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING A~/t~B WASHINGTON, D. . 041 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR MODEL CITIES AND GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS Ho1;.orable Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor of Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia 30303 IN REPLY REFER TO : JUN 11 1969 Dear Hayer Allen: In his press conference of April 28, 1969, _~ecretary Romney made the following statement: The 10% population restriction on the size of the target neighborhoods will be dropped . . . . [T]his ._. . : • • does not mean that the program will be expanded city wide within each city. Its purpose will remain that of focusing resources on particularly poor and blighted neighborhoods, but local officials will be given greater latitude in drawing program boundaries that conform to local conditions. 11 11 •l The Secretary's comments have been given widely differing interpretations in newspapers and periodicals around the country. In order to avoid any confusion I would like to expand a bit on the Secretary's remarks. Cities are certainly not required to expand their model neighborhood boundaries. They will be permitted to do so in order to remove arbitrary geographic limitations that prevent logi cal and effective program development. For example, in one city a small geographic area was eliminated from the model neighb orhood in order to meet the population limitation. This area is contiguous to the model neighborhood, is a blighted area, with essentially the same kind of population mix as the model nei ghborhood, and contains only a few thousand residents. Expansion to include this contiguous area would not materially affect the capacity of this city to mount a program that wil l have substantial impact on the neighborhood problems. This represents an artificial constraint which may be removed, if the city seeks to initiate such a change. �2 Any addition to the model neighborhood · must still meet all statutory requirements. The additional area must be a blighted one. The program for the expanded area must meet all the statutory criteria, including the requirement that the program achieve a substantial impact on the neighborhood's problems. · No additional supplemental funds will be available for the expanded areas. For most first round cities, this means that new projects or extended projects in the new areas would depend on funds from other than Model Cities supplemental grant funds. All cities may find it difficult to assure the program impact required by the statute if the model neigliliorhood is greatly expanded unless substantial additional resources are available. In most situations, however, as CDA's develop their capabilities to plan, coordinate,_ and evaluate the program in their first target area, much benefit could be derived from expanding these activities of the CDA to those resources and programs presently going into poverty areas of the city other than the present model neighborhood. This expandihg role of the CDA as the program continues would enable the cities to be in a position to better utilize additional resources in the future as they may become available. Any request for area expansion should set forth the reasons therefore and demonstrate that the city has the capacity to administer the program in the expanded areas in accordance with the foregoing considerations. Very truly yours, ,.-· ·-< , , , .. ~ _,,, -·.,J...n ,. ~'-1 . ~ _.,,.-. --<.....~ • Floyd H. Hyde t._... ' . .,,.,--~ ;. ·,. ..... ~---~ \ .. ··- �DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URB WASHINGTON,~ 4 1 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR MODEL CITIES AND GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor of Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia 30303 IN REPLY REFER TO: JUN 11 1969 Dear l1ayor Allen: In his press conference of April 28, 1969, Secretary Romney made the following statement: ., "The 10% population restriction on the size of the target neighborhoods will be dropped . • . . [T]his . • . dbes not mean that the program will be expanded city wide within each city. Its purpose will remain that of focusing resources on particularly poor and blighted neighborhoods, but local officials will be given greater latitude in drawing program boundaries that conform to local conditions. The Secretary's comments have been given widely differing interpretations in newspapers and periodicals around the country. In order to avoid any confusion I would like to expand a bit on the Secretary's remarks. Cities are certainly not required to expand their model neighborhood boundaries. They will be permitted to do so in order to remove arbitrary geographic limitations that prevent logical and effective program development. For example, in one city a small geographic area was eliminated from the model neighborhood in order to meet the population limitation. This area is contiguous to the model neighborhood, is a blighted area, with essentially the same kind of population mix as the model neighborhood, and contains only a few thousand residents. Expansion to include this contiguous area would not materially affect the capacity of this city to mount a program that will have substantial impact on the neighborhood problems. This represents an artificial constraint which may be removed, . if the city seeks to initiate such a change . �2 Any addition to the model neighborhood must still meet all statutory requirements. The additional area must be a blighted one. The program for the expanded area must meet all the statutory criteria, including the requirement that the program achieve a substantial impact on the neighborhood's problems. No additional supplemental funds will be available for the expanded areas. For most first round cities, this means that new projects or extended projects in the new areas would depend on funds from · o.ther than Hodel Cities supplemental grant fund s . All cities may find it difficult to assure the program impact required by the statute if the model neighborhood is greatly expanded unless substantial additional resource s are available. In most situations, however, as CDA's develop their capabilities to plan, coordinate, and evaluate the program in their first target area, much benefit could be derived from expanding these activities of the CDA to those resources and programs presently going into poverty areas of the city other than the present model neighborhood. This expanding role of the CDA as the program continues would enable the cities to be in a position to better utilize additional resources in the future as they may become availa bl e. Any request for area expa nsion should set forth the reasons ther e fore and demonstrate that the city has the capa city to administer the program in the expanded area s in accordance with the for egoi ng considerations. Very truly yours, • _.,.· . _ __......... Floyd H. Hyde ~ \ '" 'r -~ ..........-c:- �7 JUN 18 BEC'O Tcli'plwni': (-10-/ J r, 88 -8 7 78 ational ) So11th£'m N egio 1111I q(fice Cl;.ircnce D. Colcm a11, Diri!c/Or I 36 /l·fariell a S tri'e l . N. W. A 1/11111,1, Geo r g ia ] 0303 June 17, 1969 Mr. JohnPy Johnson Director Hodel Cities Prog::run 673 Capitol Avenue, S. W, Atlanta, Georgia 30315 Dear Mr. Johnson: As a follow-up of our recent Executive Board meeting of Model Cities, I am in the process of developing a statement which I hope to discuss with the committee which was established at the last meeting concerning the pe . ·s onnel pra ctices of the Model Cities Board and Sub-Contractors of the Model Cities Program. It will be helpful if you would shar e with me at your earliest convenience a comple te roster of the Mod el Cities staff which indicates the race, sex, salary, job title, and other related information. Also, I would appreciate it if you would indicate which of the present employees were residents of the Model Cities area at the time of employment. I would need the same information with regard to the staff of the Sub-Contracting agencies of the Model Cities project tha t would help the committee to determine to what ex tent Sub- Contractors at pt to employ Model Cities residents. Cla ence D. Coleman Sou hern Regional Director ) CDC/all Boarcl of Trust ees Pre!>iclenr Treasurer JAM E S A. LI NEN !\·! o rris B. Abra m 1rs. M a x Asrn li Assistan t Treasu rer William M. Batte n L F.S L!E N . SHAW Vivi~.n J. De:.i.mon Mrs. Ha ley Bell Ed gar M . Bronfm a n Ex,·c11ti1•e Direc to r WHITNEY M. YOUNG, JR. Chesie r Burger Barbara Bunon Kenncih W. Clemen! D a niel A. Collins Mil ton K. Cummin gs S enio r Vice- President RAMON S. SCRLGGS Vice- Fresh/en ts JOII N 1-1 . J Ol-1 :--JSON LO U IS E . MAR f'I N MARTIN E. SEGAL Secretary £RSA II. POSTON IV AN C . M c LEOD Wendell G. Frecla.nt! A . G . G as io n. Sr. J o hn A. Grono us ki Ch a rl es H am ilto n Pa.ul Ji.:nnin ~s


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T a lm at!~e Kenly '-'1rs. nhur H. Krim Ro bert Laza rus. Jr. ln abcl R. Lind sa y Henr y A. Loeb St a nley Ma rc us \ ·! rs . O . Cl ay M ax well . Sr. Floyd J. McCrce D o nalt! H. ~lcG a nn o n Iv a n C. ~kL cot! \ •!rs. Le M . .\l er\' iS G. Willi a m :\!til er James F. Oates, Jr. FrcJcrid.: (J'Ncal Henry G . P:;rks . Jr. Bis ho p Ha ro ld IC Perry, S .V.D. Contributions to th e Natio nal Urban L eague a; ·e tax cleduc tible Sa muel D . P rono r Clay!o n R. Yates Fran cis S. Quillan \I r, .. nrucc Zenk e! Henr y J. Richard son. Jr. D wigil t II.. Zr>o k Lesli e N . Sh a w As h by G. Sm it h. Sr. H (>11orury Tru :;tce< David Sulli ,·a n \\' 11.L! A~l H . H.\ LO\\'l:S: \!rs. Ar1hur Ochs SLil Lht.: rl,!c r ROBEK 'I W. Dt,WL!:S.G Willi a m J. Tren t. jr. LLOYD K . G RRI SO:-S Edward ~1. Tuft TH EO DO R E W. K II EEL Kalie E. Whick ha m LINDSLE Y F . K l ~lU ,\LL Leonard W oodcock H E ' I,\' STEEGER �June 19, 1969 Mr. Clarence D. Col eman Southe rn Reg io nal Director lliationa l Urban L cg,_, u2 , Inc . 136 Marietta Street, N. w. Atlanta , Georgia 3 0 3 03 Dear Mr o Coleman: In re s ponse to your l e tter of June 17, I am herein enclosing a complete ro s t er of the Model Cities Staff with the i nformation you req ues ~e~ . At this time, it i s impo ss i ble to give you this same information with regard to the staffs o f the sub- contrac ting agencies b e cause i t is not r eadi ly ava ilable in forma t. I believe the inform a tion on my staff wi ll facilit a te your developing a stateme nt concerning our personne l practices . However , i f you ne e d a ny additional inf orma tion, plea se feel free to contact me. Sincerely, Johnny c. Johnson Director vlc Enclosure �MODEL CITIES STAFF POSITION NAME c. J OHNS OtI , J. DIRECTOR -SALARY* -$678. 00 RACE SEX N M Wright, J. L. Director, Physic al Developrnent 574. 00 w M Ru ssell, Samuel Direc tor, Pr ogram Management · 506. 00 N M Shimkus, J. R. Directo r, So cial Management 5 0 6. 0 0 w M Director, Community Affa irs 466. 00 N F Caldwell, D. F. Asst .· .Director , Aoministration 466. 0 0 w M Gibson, D. L. Social Pla nning Coo rdinator 447. 00 N M Oro sz, Louis Phy s icai. Planning Coordinato r 447. 0 0 w M Howell, B. T. Program Coordinato r 429.00 N M Keller, Frank Physical Planner 429. 00 N M Walker, R. P. Evaluation Analyst 411. 00 N F Wexler, Alan Commu nity Af fairs Co ordinator 394.0 0 w M Eizenstat, F. Social Planner 394. 0 0 w F Mitchell, M. A. Senior Systems Ana~yst 378.00 w M Senior Budget Analyst 378.00 w M Stroud, J. A. Program Specialist 333.00 N M Hicks, Jamesl Pro gram Specialist 333.00 N M Turnipseed, H. E. Contrac t Admini1strator 333.00 N M Culp, Jim 333 .00 w M Clayto n, x. B. I Holland, D. v. Economic Development Planner �Model Citie s Staff Page ~.,,,o RACE SF:X Rese arch Spe cialist 333~00 w M Neighborhood Organizer 320.00 N F Neighborhood Organizer 3 2 0.00 w M Lewallen, Mo Graphic Specialist 28200 0 w M Scho"ates, E. Social Pl anning Technician 249.00 N F Principal Stenographer 229.00 N F Sluss, John Dr aftsman 211.0 0 w M Ryder, M. A. Senior Stenographer 211.00 N F Hawk, B. A. Senior Stenographer 211.0 0 N F Resident Trainee 202.00 N F McDona ld, M. St enographer 186.00 w F Hewell, M. A. Stenographer 178.00 w F Akins, Patrici a Stenographer 178.00 w F Trawick , P. B. Stenographer 178.00 w F eustodian 150.00 N M NAI-1E - POSITI ON Irwin, B. M. Stewart, R. M. 11 -:sco tt, Carr, Lyall v. L.


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Recommendatiora for deletion : Supple menta l Funds SS-023N Income Maintena n ce Study This recommendation is based on the fact that there no longer exists a need for such a study inasmuch as the Nixon Administration is undertaking this study on the nat i onal level. $ 25 , 000 Tr aining o f Re s ide nt s $3 5 ,00 0 The r e sid e nt org anization i s t o receive OEO-HUD funds for the p u rposes of training r e sidents and acqu iring technical assistance. F unding this project wo uld resu l t, ther efore , in a duplication of funct i on. RE ~ 004N �C T OF.P.:. LANT CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303 Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404 DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING COLLIER B. GLADIN, Dir ector June 24, 1969 MEMORANDUM TO: Collier Gladin Rodney Cook Dan ~weat Cecil Alexander Col. Malcolm Jones Robert C. Watkins FROM: George L. SUBJECT: Status of Propo~ Studies Three proposals concerning the Housing Study to be conducted by the City of Atlanta were recently submitted by Eric Hill Associates. These proposals were sent to various agencies, including the Atlanta Regional Metropolitan Planning Commission, to encourage their opinions and to determine any possible overlapping areas between the City's proposed housing study and any other studies likely to be conducted in the area of housing. On Thursday, June 19, 1969, Margaret (Peg) Breland of ARMPC, presented the broad outline of a study that ARMPC is planning to conduct concerning housing. Larry Fonts, of the Fulton County Planning Commission, Louis Dismukes of Eric Hill Associates, and George Aldridge and Cindy McCloud of the City of Atlanta Planning Department attended this meeting. It was determined at this time that there were possible areas of overlap between ARMPC's proposed housing study and the City's proposed housing study. The Atlanta Regional Metropolitan Regional Planning Commission has been requested by this office to provide us with a copy of the broad outline of their proposed study. Upon receipt, the Department will study this proposal and try to resolve any areas of overlap or duplication that may have arisen. �Memorandum June 24, 1969 Page 2 Copies of the ARMPC proposal will be forwarded to the Chairman of the Housing Restudy Panel of the Housing Resources Committee for their use and perusal. Any comments from this group would be welcomed. Ultimately, we hope to schedule another meeting at which time we shall discuss the ARMPC proposal and the City proposal for a housing study as revised. GLA:ds �HUD NEWS U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT WASHINGTON D . C . 20410 HUD-No. 69-0506 Phone (202) 755-6980 FOR RELEASE AFTER: 10:00 a.m., Thursday June 26, 1969 MODEL CITIES CONTRACT TENDERED TO DENVER, COLORADO Secretary George Romney _ of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today announced the tender of a $5,766,000 Model Cities contract to Denver, Colo. Denver will also be given support from other programs administered by HUD, and the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, the Department of Labor, the Office of Economoc Opportunity and the National Foundation for the Arts and Humanities. Today's action by Secretary Romney will enable Denver to begin the first-year action phase ~nder its comprehensive fiveyear Model Cities program. State, county, local and private resources will also be used by the city in its concentrated, coordinated attack on the serious social, economic and physical problems within the Model Cities area. Secretary Romney, who is Chairman of the President's Cabinet Committee on Voluntary Action, noted the extensive private and public involvement in the Denver program. Volunteer groups will be active during the first-year action program. For example , the Metro Denver Fair Housing Center, Inc . will operate the Housing Finance and Development project. The city also proposes to enlist the Advisory and Investment Group to operate the Consultive Services Organization project. The Board of Directors of this organization includes the industrial and commercial leaders of Denver as well as residents of the model neighborhood. Several United Fund agencies are also participating in the Denver Model Cities program, including the Metro Denver Child Care Association and the Metropolitan Council for Community Services. It is planned that the construction trade unions will conduct two manpower projects and the Urban League will be involved in a pre-apprenticeship training program. Commenting on the decision to tender a contract, Secretary Romney explained that this was done after a careful review of the Denver comprehensive plan. The plan was thoroughly studied and (MORE) �-2- HUD-No. 69-0506 analyzed both by the Regional and Washington Interagency Review Committees representing those Federal departments and agencies with urban aid programs. "During the past several months, Denver has done an excellent job in revising its proposals and improving its capability to operate in the first-year action program," he said. A total of 150 communities in 45 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico are participating in the Model Cities program. The first applications for plan~ing grants were approved in November 1967. Michael DiNunzio Model Cities Director 1150 Bannock Street Denver, Colorado 80202 For further information: Mayor William H. McNichols Denver City and County Building Denver, Colorado 80202 Note: A summary of the Denver Model Cities program is available upon request to the Office of Public Affairs, u. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D. C. 20410.







�HUDNEWS U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT WASHINGTON D . C . 20410 HUD-No. 69-0514 Phone (202) 755-6980 FOR RELEASE AFTER: 10:00 a.m., Thursday June 26, 1969 MODEL CITIES CONTRACT TENDERED TO TRINIDAD, COLORADO Secretary George Romney of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today announced the tender of a $1,225,000 Model Cities contract to Trinidad, Colorado. Trinidad will also be given substantial support from other programs administered by HUD, and by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, the Department of Labor and the Office of Economic Opportunity. Today's action by Secretary Romney will enable Trinidad to begin the first year action phase of its comprehensive five-year Model Cities program. County, local and private resources will also be used by the city in its concentrated, coordinated attack on the serious social, physical and economic problems within the Model Cities area. Secretary Romney, who is Chairman of the President's Cabinet Committee on Voluntary Action, noted the extensive private and public involvement in the Trinidad program. Civic, business, educational, welfare, medical and professional groups were involved in the planning process, and will also participate in the first year action phase. Officials of several organizations active in the Trinidad program include the President of the Chamber of Commerce, the Superintendent of the Nursing Home and the President of Trini-dad State Junior College. Among the private groups involved are the Southern Colorado Railroads Association which will donate a building to hQuse a Juvenile Youth Offenses Center and the Historical Society which will restore a store facade as a demonstration of historic preservation. - more - �HUD"""No. 69-0514 - 2 - Commenting on the decision to tender a contract, Secretary Romney explained that this was done after a careful review of the Trinidad comprehensive plan. The plan was thoroughly studied and analyzed both by the Regional and Washington Inter-agency Review Committees representing those Federal Departments and Agencies with urban aid programs. "During the past several months, Trinidad has done an excellent job in revising its proposals and improving .r ts capability to operate its first year action program," he said. A total of 150 communities in 45 States, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico are participating in the Model Cities Program. The first applications for planning grants were approved in November 1967. For further information: James E. Griffin CDA Director City Hall Trinidad, Colorado 81802 Dr . . James E. Donnelly Mayor, City of Trinidad City Hall Trinidad, Colorado 81082 NOTE: A summary of the Trinidad Model Cities Proqram is available upon request . to the Office of Public Affairs, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D. C. 20410







�HUD NEWS U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT WASHINGTON D . C . 20410 FOR RELEASE AFTER: 10:00 a,m., Thursday June 26, 1969 HUD No. 69-0511 Phone (202) 755-6980 MODEL CITIES CONI'RACT TENDERED TO CAMBRIDGE, MASS. Secretary George Romney of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today announced the tender of a $1,523,000 Model Cities contract to Cambridge, Mass. Cambridge will also be given support from other programs administered by HUD, by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Department of Justice and the Office of Economic Opportunity. Today's action by Secretary Romney will enable Cambridge to begin the first year action phase of its comprehensive five-year Model Cities program. State, county, local and private resources will also be used by the city in its concentrated, coordinated attack on the serious social, physical and economic problems within the Model Cities area. Secretary Romney, who is Chairman of the President's Cabinet Cormnittee on Voluntary Action~ noted the extensive private and public involvement in the Cambridge program. Beginning with the preparation of the application for planning funds, voluntary participation from many parts of the Cambridge community has been a strong feature of the Cambridge model cities program. Schools and other private groups will take part in first year action projects. Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will be involved in the education component, and MIT will also assist in designing improvements for Sennott Park. In the housing area, the Cambridge Corporation is supporting the development of a prop osed cooperative project and scattered site public housing. Commenting on the decision to tender a contract, Secretary Romney explained that this was done after a careful review of the Cambridge comprehensive plan. The plan was thoroughly studied and analyzed both by the Regional and Washington Interagency Review Committees representing those Federal Departments and Agencies with urban aid programs . -more- �IBJD No. 69-0511 -2- "During the past several months, Cambridge has done an excellent job in revising its proposals and improving its capability to operate its first year action program," he said. A total of 150 connnunities in 45 States, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico are participating in the Model Cities Program. The first applications for planning grants were approved in November 1967, For further information: Gordon L. Brigham Community Development Section City Hall Cambridge, Mass. 02139 Mayor Walter J. Sullivan City Hall Cambridge, Mass. 02139 NorE: A summary of the Cambridge Model Cities Program is available upon request to the Office of Public Affairs, u. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D. C. 20410







V �HUD NEWS U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT HUD-No. 69-0534 Phone (202) 755-7327 WASHINGTON D . C . 20410 FOR RELEASE AFI'ER: 10 A.M. Thursday June 26, 1969 MODEL CITIES CONTRACT TENDERED TO BALTIMCRE, MD. Secretary George Romney of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today announced the tender of a $10,554,000 Model Cities contract to Baltimore, Md. Baltimore will also be given support from other programs administered by HUD, by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, the Department of Labor, and the Office of Economic Opportunity. Today's action by Secretary Romney will enable Baltimore to begin the first year action phase of its comprehensive five-year Model Cities program. Local and private resources will also be used by the city in its concentrated, coordinated attack on the serious social, physical and economic problems within the Model Cities area. Secretary Romney, who is Ghairman of the President's Cabinet Committee on Voluntary Action, noted the extensive private and public involvement in the Baltimore program. Civic, business, educational, welfare, and medical groups were involv ed in the planning process, and will also participate in the first year action phase. During planning , the Chairman of the Great er Baltimore Committ ee, a privat e organization comprised of leading businessmen in the city, serv ed on th e Policy Steering Board and helpe d develop the comprehensive program. There was also strong university involvement, with John Hopkins University playing a major role in helping to dev e lop some of the health components. Morgan Stat e College made one of its faculty members available to s erv e a s Chai r man of the Policy St eering Board . Also, physicians and dentists in the mod e l ne ighborhood provid ed t echnical assistance to the task forc e on health . • more • �' HUD-No. 69-0534 -2- Commenting on the decision to tender a contract, Secretary Romney explained that this was done after a careful review of the Baltimore comprehensive plan. The plan was thoroughly studied and analyzed both by the Regional and Washington lnteragency Review Committees representing those Federal Departments and Agencies with urban aid programs. "During the past several months, Baltimore has done an excellent job in revising its proposals and improving its capability to operate its first year action program," he said. A total of 150 communities in 45 States, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico are participating in the Model Cities Program. The first applications for planning grants were approved in November 1967. For further information: William G. Sykes, Director Model Cities Agency City Hall Baltimore, Md. 21202 Mayor Thomas J. D1 Alesandro City Hall Baltimore, Md. 21202 NOTE: A summary of the Baltimore Model Cities Program is available upon request to the Office of Public Affairs, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C. 20410



V �HUDNEWS U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND UR B AN DEVELOPMENT WASHINGTON D . C. 20410 HUD-NO. 69-0503 Phone (202) 755-6980 FOR RELEASE AFTER: 10:00 A.M., Thursday June 26, 1969 HUD TENDERS MODEL CITIES CONTRACT TO TOLEDO, OHIO Secretary George Romney of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today announced the tender of a $4,410,000 Model Cities contract to Toledo, Ohio. Toledo will also be given support from other programs administered by HUD, the Departments of Health, Education and Welfare, Labor, Agriculture and the Office of Economic Opportunity. Today's action by Secretary Romney will enable Toledo to begin the first-year action phase under its comprehensive fiveyear Model Cities program. State, county, local and private resources will also be used by the city in its concentrated, coordinated attack on the serious social, economic and physical problems within the Model Cities area. Secretary Romney, who is Chairman of the President's Cabinet Committee on Voluntary Action, noted the extensive private and public involvement in the Toledo program. Segments of the larger Toledo business community have been involved with two groups of young professionals and semiprofessionals-- Harambee and the Toledo Council of Business-- in the planning and implementation of a number of model neighborhood projects. Other private groups involved in the Model Cities program include the National Association of Businessmen, Community Traction Company, Owens- Illinois Corporation, Chamber of Commerce, the First National Bank and the Toledo Trust Bank. The president of the local Laborers Union served as chairman of the Employment Functional Committee. These groups were also active: Northwest Ohio Council of Social Services Agencies, American Cancer Society, Maumee Valley Hospital, Tuberculosis Soc iety of Toledo and Lucas County and the University of Toledo . Commenting on the decision to tender a contract, Secretary Romney explained that this was done after a careful review of the Toledo comprehensive plan. The plan was thoroughly studied (MORE) �HUD-No. 69-0503 -2and analyzed both by the Regional and Washington Interagency . Review Committees representing those Federal Departments and Agencies with urban aid programs. "During the past several months, Toledo has done an excellent job in revising its proposals and improving its capability to operate in the first-year action program," he said. A total of 150 communities in 45 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico are participating in the Model Cities program. The first applications for planning grants were approved in November 1967. For further information: Charles Penn Model Cities Director City Hall 1100 Jackson Street Toledo, Ohio 43624 Mayor William Ensign City Hall 1100 Jackson Street Toledo, Ohio 43624 Note: A summary of the Toledo Model Cities program is available upon request to the Division of Public Affairs, U. s. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D. C. 20410







�HUD NEWS U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT WASHINGTON D . C . . 20410 FOR RELEASE AFTER:· HUD-No. 69-0524 10:00 a.m., Thursday Phone (202) 755-6980 June 26, 1969 MODEL CITIES CONTRACT TENDERED TO WINOOSKI, VERMONT Secretary George Romney of the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today annou~ced the tender o·f a $788,000 - Model Cities contract to Winooski, Vermont. Winooski will also be given support from other programs administered by HUD, the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, and the Office of Economic Opportunity. Today's action by Secretary Romney will enable Winooski to begin the first-year action phase of its comprehensive fiveyear Model Cities program. State, local and private resources will also be used by the city in its concentrated, coordinated attack on the serious social, physical and economic problems within the Model Cities area. Secretary Romney , who is Chairman of the Pr esident' s Cabinet Committee on Voluntary Action, noted that the Winooski model cities plan was largely the product of voluntary effort-reflecting the fact that in Winooski, because of its small size (8,000 pop.), most of local government is done on a volunteer basis. Sta t e a g e nc ie s a l s o pa rt i c i p at ing in the p l a nning were: Department of Social Wel f are, the Off ice o f Local Af f airs, The Interagency Council on Aging, the Vermont Highway Department, the Governor's Office , the Ce ntra l Planning Offic e , t h e Depar tment of Voca tional Re habil i t a tion, and other s . Comme nting on t h e d ecision t o t end er a contract , Secretary Romne y e xplained that t h is was d o ne after a care f u l rev iew of the Winoo sk i comprehe nsive plan. The plan was thor oug hly studi ed a nd analyzed b oth by the Regional and Wash ingto n Interagenc y Rev iew Comm ittees representing tho se Fed eral Departments and Agencies with u rban aid programs. "During the past sev e ral months, Winoo s ki h a s done a n excel l e nt job i n r evi s ing it s p r opos a l s and impr oving i t s capability t o operate its first - year action program," he said. (MORE } �HUD-No. 69-0524 -2- A total of 150 communities in 45 States, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico are participating in the Model Cities Program. The first applications for planning grants were approved in November 1967. For further information: Dave Drew Model Cities Agency City Hall West Allen Street Winooski, Vermont 05404 Mayor Bernard Sumner City Hall Winooski, Vermont 05404 NOTE: A summary of the Winooski Model Cities Program is available upon request to the Office of Public Affairs, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D. c. 20410 �June 3. 1969 MEMORANDUM To: Mr . Johru:>.y Johnson From: Dan Sweat Subj ct: Copies of the Eric Hill Housing R port Wh n re you going to get some copies of the Bric Hill Model Cities Housing Report? l would like to have a couple, ple DS~fy �CITY IVAN ALLEN.JR. MAYOR OF ATLANTA June 3, 1969 Mrs. Arnicia Jones Mrs. Janey L ee Spe ncer Mrs. Mamie Griffin Mr. Howard Smith Mr. Dennis Goldstein Capital Avenue Atlanta, Georgia Dear Residents: Last week you were kind enough to bring me your petition concerning your anxiety o v er having to move from your location on Capital Avenue. ., Sinc e then, I ha ve discuss ed with Mr. Chapman, of Cha pman Rea lty, your concerns, and h e info r ms me that there is some consideration about the sale of the property, but that he feels certain that whomever buys the property will continue to ope rate it as apartments. -1 1 i I I I I IajR;AM CC : Model Cities Dir ector �I June 4 , 1969 Mr . Roy W. Mann The Beet M nuf cturing Co. Menlo, G orgi 30731 Dar Mr . M nn: This ie in further response to your inter plant in Atlant . tin est blishing glove m nu£ cturing I regret to advise that our efforts to obtain pprov l from 1 Government for use of Mod 1 Citi monies in needle tr d s tr ining programs b s mt 1th n g tive results . We are therefor unable to as ist you in an on-the-job tr ining program. We could , of cour e , provide recruitment, scr ening , pre-voe tiorutl tr ining and supportiv services should you desire to provid th ctual tr ining at your own xpen e. We would also be happy to a iet you in obt ining fund through the SBA for thi op r tion. Plea e dvi of your d sites in 11 ht of th foregoing information. your int rest in loc ting plant in Atlanta is ppfeci ted. In any Sincer ly, oC-- J.C . Johnson, Dir ctor Model Citi Pro r JCJ:nb CC ; Mr. Dan w at ~ v nt, �:i,..· • .1.,. .• . ~ ..,L: NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES 1612 K STREET, NORTHWEST, WASHINGTON, D. C. 20006 UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF MAYORS 1707 H STREET, NORTHWEST, WASHINGTON, D. C. 20006 April 25, 1969 TO: Mayors and Managers of Model Cities Directors of Model Cities' City Demonstration Agencies SUBJECT: Proposal for State Administration of Model Cities Program The State of Connecticut has submitted the attached proposal to Secretary George Romney of the Department of Housing and Urban De velopment. It proposes that Connecticut be designated to conduct an experiment in administering the Model Cities Program within the state. This proposal, if approved by HUD, has very significant implications for the entire Model Cities Program, even though the experiment might not prove to be entirely successful or permanently accepted as an operating procedure by HUD. It will obviously result in s timulating a host of applications from other states for similar experime nts or for expanded state authority over Mode l Cities Programs. The second enclosure, an excerpt from a report of the Advisory Task Force on Community Deve lopme nt and Urban Re lations of the National Governors' Conference, dated April 9, 1969, indicates the des ire and strategy of states to sec ure control of the Mode l Cities Pr ogram. This clearly indicate s that the Connecticut proposal is not a localized consideration of state control of Mode l Cities. Note that in both documents the emphasis is on state control and supe rvision as contrasted with state support of Model Cities efforts. Ne ithe r Secre tary Romney nor Assistant Secr etary for Mode l Cities , F loyd Hyde, has at this point indicated s upport for this proposal. HUD has reques t ed further information from the State of Connecticut concerning the way in which the State would admi.nister the program . The s tate has also been requested to work out the r e lationship of its ope rating procedure with the HUD regional office. This work is curre ntly in process. We urge that you r e ad these reports carefully. Your views should then be conveyed to Secretary Romne y and Assistant Se cre tary Hyde . Such communications s hould be prompt . They s hould als o be the subje ct of any futur e personal discussions with key personne l of the Departme nt of Housing and Urban Deve lopment. Particular emphasis s hould be placed upon full consultation with Model Cities ' mayors and CDA 's prior to a federal decision on such a major r e structuring of fede ral - city r e lations in this program. Patr ick He aly , Exec utive Nationa l Le ague of Cities E nclos ure


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irector United States Confer ence of Mayor s �A PROPOSAL FEO:M THE DEPARTEBIT OF C0}iHUNITY AFFAIRS STATE OF CONNECTICW TO DEPA.~NEN'l' OF .HCUSING .AND URBAN D.t.V hiLO?~·iENT TO DEMCNSTR..<\.TE AH EX? ..A.NDED STATE ROLE IN THE MODEL CITIES FROCEW1 �r A PROPOS AL TO DEMONSTRATE AN EX PANDED STATE ROLE I N THE MODEL CITIES PROGRAM .I ntroduc tion page 1 Expand e d State Ro le i n Model Ci tie s page 4 Rela t i onsh i p of Mo de l Cit i es to CDAP p age 7 Rel at ionshi p of Mo del Cities t o Communit y Re lations Team page 8 Relationship o f Mod e l Cit ies Pr ogram t o co :zi. , t o Mun icipal Gove ~nme nt t o Ne ighbo r h ood page 1 0 St a t e Pr og r am Impl icat i ons page 14 a. Corr.munic ations page 14 b. Orig ination o f Progr am s p age 16 c. Ec onomic Devel opme n t Te ru~ page 1 6 d. Discretionary Funds p age 19 Administrat ion pag e 21 �A PROPOSAL .AN EXPAl.~ DED STATE ROLE IN THE MODEL C I'i" :i:C:S ?RC..;?-~·i Introduction Early indications se e m to point to a new promin e nce tor the Model Cities concept .in the new administration's approach to federal participation in ~rban oriented pru grams. Since such a change may require extenstve administrative and policy restruc- turing on the fed e ral level, the DPpartment of Housing and Urban Deve lopmPnt will need to have before it a maximum of experience in dealing with the administration of the Model Citis program at all levels, in order to develop that structure which will most effectively achieve the objectives of the Model Cities Program. It is becoming in- creasinqlv c~ear that such a structure must include a greater role for state governments in effectuating the program; howev er, outside of Connecticut there is a paucity of hard information concerning possible constructiv e roles states can play . To help provide such information, we propos e that the Connecticu t Depa rtment o f Community Affairs (DC A) b e designated to carry out a d emonstration p rogr am intended t o test the thesis that ·an integral role for state gov ernments with the B.111 coopera- .-- t ion of the f ede ral government can greatl y i ncre ase th e effect ive ness of the Model


Cit i es P.r ogr:a m, and e nhance the deg r ee to which its object ives are a c t ua l ly reali zed in the local mu nicipa l i ties . There are s evera l r eason s why Connec t icut i s uniquely p r epared t o execut e such a demon s tration with maximum r esul t s . Conne c t icu t n ow has operative a n e xte ns ively de- veloped Department of Cow~un ity Affair s , an Agency with ability and e xperience and charged with the responsibility of dealing with a v.ide spectrum of urb a n life. The Commun fty Develo;r.,.ent Action Plan (CDAP), through which oc.; affects the total com prehensive planning and execution functions in Conpe cticut communitie s , is a Program with import-:1nt relationships to the Madel Cities Prog ram. Each of Connectic .1t ' s :-tod el 1 �2• . Cities Cotr.munities is also engaged in CDA? planning. Geographically, Connecticut is a compact state and therefore cond'.lcive for a centralized state agency to decentralize when necessary in ord& to maintain close contact and coordinate developments in local communities. Since Connecticut's model cities range from small to medium in size, they constitute a manageable laboratory for e x periment in urban change . The numbe:-of these cities, fiv e , is large enough and the 'problens in each varied enou:;h to provide a productive sample for the demonstration; yet their size and variety certainly fall within DCA's demonstrated capacity. The whole compl ement of urban ills exists in Conne cticut, but in a magnitude which is not overwhelming and which will yield to creative planning and judicious admi~~tration more readily than in larger cities where conditions are more u<:.. t,pei. ....... -.. • Consequently DHUD should anticipa t e early reports, prelimina r y e valua tions, and the nec es sary fle x ibility of DCA to adjust to possible federal policy change s within a reason able d e ~onstration period. Conne cticut ' s al ready adv a nta g e ou s s i tu atio n shoul d b e come e ven b ett er during the present session of the legislature, since that session is expected to adopt legislation codifying t h e state's role in Model Cities, provid i ng discretionary Program funds , and o f f e ri ng n ew p o ssib i lities fo r community d evelo pme nt. Finally , a nd of most im9ortance, Connecticut has amassed valuable e xperi e nce in ways in which state government c an p romote and enh anc e the Hodel Citie s Program, t h r ough the a ::tivities since June o f 1968 of.it s four Model Cities Coord i nators. This Demon- stration was made possible when Connecticu t r e ceiv~d the initial 7 01 grant to derr.o:i.strate potential state coordin ation of t h e Model Cities Program . The coo:cdinators , working under and through the Governor s Inter-Ag ~nc y CoIT'.:nittee on Mode l Cit ies , has sought wa ys by whic h the re s ources of f edera l and state, public and 9rivate agencies �3. can be most effectively mobilized to the benefit of the State's model cities One significant result of the team's work has been to demonstrate that a state agency can maintain a much closer relationship to a local program (and thus be more able to appraise it accurately) than can a federal regional office. Most signifi- cantly, this proximity to the local program can be seen in the fact that the coordinators have developed a close rapport with Model Neighborhood residents and grou~s. They are thus in a position to evaluate and influence programs from a perspective not often achieved by government agencies. Our proposal not only calls for the team's present · functions to continue but for them to be expanded and intensified. In summary, we propose that Connecticut's Department of Community Affairs be designated HUD' s agent in managing the Model Cities programs in the St.a te, and be granted adequ~te funding · to provide additional staff and equipment necessitated by this expanded role. The proposal ·which follows will explain in detail how this can be done, and why Connecticut is in a particularly advantageous position to carry out such a d·emonstration. It will also examine some implications for specific programs. �4_. That the Nadel Cities team has a::coCT\plished since its inception nine rr'.Onths ago is a matter of record, and appears in the two quarterly reports which have been su~mitted to hlJD. It is no~ perfectly clear that those acco~plishments could have been more significant had certain problems been more clearly foreseen and more a~e~uate provisions been m2.de to de2.l •,1ith them. ~rese~t proposal. These shortcomings are corrected in the Some are dealt with later in the section on program implications, but the mcst serious inability which the staff ex9erier.ced arose from the St2.te's anomalous position in the ~-Iodel Cities P.::ograra~ Lacking both authority and respon- sibility in the federal Program, t..11.e S_t ate was nevertheless asked tq exert a constructive influence on that P::-ograr., 's .::::-eception in the cities. nine .nom:as e - erience, _ is_ t ~ ductive state parti';=ipat~ e s ire he given a full share of a thor.-it1""- an· responsibility in s, --- The inescapable conclusion, after


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that the state fec.~al t-!odel Cities cture. Connecticut is particula::-ly well prepared to denonstrate such a new role, not only by its unmat::hed experience with Hodel Cities, but al·so by its own State programs in the cities, the cost ioportant of which is CDAP. The Model Cities ?rogra.-:1. and the CDAP Progra~ are inextricably tied together in· the Connecticut model cities. Both progr:ms have a five year tL.ie s_chedule; bot.li. de!:!and citize!l participation; bot.:7. call for comprehensive pla~ning and execution; path focus qn the social aspects of physical rene~,al. In fact, the primary differe:1ces between t.~e two Progra~s a:::-e that CDAP enco~passes the entire cor.~unity inste=c of designated target areas, has a possi~le two ye=r plannir.g r;eri:::d insteac. of one, and evaluates t ·.,elve mu ::li::ip-3.l functions r athe:::- than the te:1 suggested in the Model Cities ?rcgra.--n. 1 that the y be ar:::::.ins~ere-i :,·ith t;-,.2 rn a.:<is•.lr:i. possible cco.:-:::: i""a t:..0::1.. ·-:-he l ocal p:::::grc::-.3 lof t.:, ese t·...-o, CJ.=-.? ex:~:::ines :::u::i.ici?al gc•1e!":":..-:-ent2.l e ffe-:ti-v·e~ess a~::! is the~e!:c!:2 r:~':. ~irectl"! ;.?p.lic~!J:!!e to tte ~:o·=. -=l Ci ti es ?=c·;-:-::-:1. ':~: ot!ler, rnt ~~!."~ ~==-:;= r.J..1 cc~.::-.·~ ~ic=tiort s , ::'liq'?".t ·~=11 be a ?art of ~-~odel Ci ti-:!= , since its ~c:1= -: ~n c : rt~i:::~!- i s 3. ::-e~~i 5it : of citizen 9a":"ti.ci~atio:-:. �s. r ·s t i ntegrate planning and action und ertaken in.the Model Neighborhood into the d c sig :1 f or the total community which the CDAP will acccmplish, _ allo_c ating priorities, staff and budgets fro;n a perspective which takes full account of r_equirements of both Progra~s and which seeks to mesh them for the most efficient possible amelioration of the city's problems. Th~s is a process which ·demands care in administration at the local level, since the inter-relatedness of the urban complex is such that a decision in either Program inevitably has immediate ~d far-reaching i~plications for ti·,<i:! otho2i.· , r-,ecessi i::ating · new adjust!"'.le!"lts and coordinations. The review process by which the fede r al and state concerns in the Programs are protected, are equally complicated, and must be carefully coordinated if they are .to be of maximum effectiveness in yielding information to state and federal agencies and guidance to local Model Cities and CDAP agencies. This coordination, difficult at best, will b e best accomplished when DCA, which bears responiibility for leading a municiE,ali ty through a ·successful CDAP, plays a similar role in coordination with HUD in the r1ode l Cities Prograr:l. DCA' s Model 'cities staff and CDAP evaluation staff are already in daily contact, anci can now formulate the processes and guidelines which will most e ff iciently lead to optimal results in both programs . The experience accumulated· by DC.!\' s Model Ci ties staff provides an excelle.nt foundation for devel oping this coordination. Each coordinator has assumed primary responsibility for a particula!:" model city, and has become extremely familiar with the realities of urban life in his city. Each has revie,ved Hodel Citie s applications, has served on local task forces, and has initiated s:.ibstan-tive progra'T'.S and follo~ved them through·to their realization. Each has attenJed CDA? review meetings, and ~as pre ssured and cajo'.l.ed rr-.ur-,:.~ipal officers and citizen groups to wed( togethe:::- to el(- , ped:j..te - t..'1-ie t:.-;o Programs in a cooperative effort. E:ach has attended local CDA meetings on a regular ba.sis and ha s ,.-;ork2d directly with neighborhocd groups - so~e direct �6. ou tg r owths of the Model Cities Program. AD have, in short, been directly involved in b Gt h Programs. In both structure and function, DCA is well equipped to assume added Hodel Cities authority. The field offices and review staif of the CDAP Program ar.e in daily contact with the Model Cities team, and the director of the Model Cities team is in daily contact with the Com.~issioner of DCA. DCA's team of urban specialists are available to both the CDAP and Hodel Cities teams. DCA has effective liaison with other state departtents an~ agencies through the State Interagency Model Cities Cormnittee, created by the Governor and established as the State's Model Cities authority. This committee is operatioff3.l and includes with DCA as coordinator the respective commissioners and their delegate agents from each of the major State agencies involved in urban matters; i.e., health, education, housing, mental health, crime and delinquency, finance and control, labor and welfare. In light of the above, DCA propos e s the following: by contract, HUD shall dele- gate to the Commi ssioner of DCA for a period of no less than t we lve months joint authority over the Connecticut Model cities Program. This authority will include joint federal-state review of applications and requests for release of funds; the negotiation of planning' grant contracts; the review of work progra ms and re vi sed work programs; the authority to recommend terminating a city's Model Cities status; and other authority incidental to and logically flowing from these functions. 2 2 This would involve joint HUD-CCA staf f meetings on ~!odel Cities matters, inclusion of DCA in federal ~olicy ~aking meetings, attendance of DCA staff at regular conferences, etc . �7. Relationshin of Model Cities to CD~P it has e~rlier been stated that in Connecticut's Model Cities there is ihevitably a close relationship beb:eeP. the Model Cities Prog::::-am and the COJ>.P P::::-ogran. This was noted as re~~i~ing coo::::-dination i~ overse~ing the t\,O P::::-cgraws, which, it was said, could best be accomplished if OCA were to enjoy a partnership role with mp) in managing this State's Model Cities Programs. Now it is important to note certain benefits which can be expected to accrue to both Programs as a re~ult of their being carried out in concert. Administratively, this would have the obvious advantage of preventing duplication of effort, shariP.g costs of overlapping programs, sharing staff capc;ibilities, preventing conflic:ting '\ plaru.ing, =I.ficiently pro1} iding information developed by each program to the other, and expediting early action programs. But, more important thanthis, CDAP is a comprehensive program in which successful Model Cities innovations can immediately be implemented in a city's other problem areas. Discretionary administrative control exercised by the Cowmissioner will require that joint Model Cities-CDAP guidelines be prepared, and techniques of joint review developed, at both state and local levels so that the coordination will be guaranteed. �8. Relat 5.onshio of Model Cities to co·mmunit y _Relations Team What happens in a central city affects every corr.:.,unity contiguous to the city, and-m,:i.ny which are fc:1.r:the.!'." removed from the city ii...self. In the same way, the -;.:iod or ill health of the city favorably or unfavorably influences the fortunes of every bus i n e ss and co~.!ners ial or industria l ente rpr i se in the r e gion. It follows, then, that any concent:;:·ated attack on urban probler.1s (such as is envisioned in the Model Cities Program) and any rr,obiliza!=ion of .availabl.e resourc-es to neet such problems can ill aff or d to ove rlook r e source s exi s ting in suburban and exur b a n - communities, and also must endeavor most assiduously to enlist all possible help from the private business and industrial communities. This, the Connecticut Model Cities staff, will seek to accomplish. One important reason for the relative failure of such atte~pts in the past has been a break-down of communication. Suburban governments, r e pre sent i ng resid e nts wno a r e in the subur b precisely becau s e they sought to escape b eing p l agued with urban problems, are not likely to respond to appeals to help t h e cities until and unless the i r cons titue nts are full y convinced tha t they have an urgent conc ern with the we ll -being o f the core-c i t y which i s t h e heart o f the region wh lch they inh abit . In the s ame wa y , busine sse s and indus tries in the r egion have i n t h eir accoun ting procedure s no e asy indicator of what blighted human exis t en~e in the ghetto c o sts them each yea r in lost production, theft, v andalism, r .estri.cted. market, etc. Someone must tell them, if they are to . have a significant role in bettering the cor,di tions of life in our cities. The Connecticut l·!odal Citias team will have at its disfJCSal ir:tporta...11t assistance. as it seeks to overco:ne this co:c,rr.unications barrier. oc.:; has under way a · community relations project, in ·w hich a five-nan team are seakir.g to ~='··~lop ways to r.>.a)._e residents of non-urban regions mor~ : \var~ of their de9en.::~r...ce on the c°i ty, and to �9. bring them to accept a more proper share of responsibility for ·improving urban life. This demonstration program is being undertaken pursuant to a grant from HUD (Title IX I of the Demonstration Cities and Hetropolitan Act of 1966). Interestingly, this is - the only progra.-n of its kind in the country and offers DCA a unique opportunity to study under laboratory conditions the complex and perr.aps uncefir.able action-reaction relationship existing ·between urban and suburban communities throughout this country. The same team could carry out a similar communicating function with tne business and industrial communities. The increasing centrality of the Model Cities Program on the urban scene will mean that the Model Cities coordinators will be an indispensable resource for this Community Relations team: while the Conununity Re_lations team will in turn be · valuable to the coordinators' efforts to enlist the widest possible assistance in urban im- provement. �10. Relationship of State Model Cities ?rog!:"a.c-n to CiJA, to t-Iunicioal Gove r rrmea t:al Structure and to Neighborhood ~rouos The fac:j: that DCA has become HUD's delegate through- the process which has been suggested will immediately render DCA !:!Ore effective in dealing Hith t:iose local agencies which dete!:1!1ine the course of e•:ents in a Medel N'eighbo:::-hood. An agency possess- ing neither statutory nor administrative authority must rely only on persuasion to influence the program, and this alone is too often not enough to alter a city's pre·determined plans. This can . result, and ha·s resulted, in collisions between CDAs and the federal review team, with consequent delay in the local programs. These confronta- tions can be clearly foreseen from the State Hodel Cities staff's perspective, and could be avoided were-the . State staff accorded an appropriate degree of influence on local planning. The proposed DCA-HUD partnership will immediately increase DCA's impact on the local government, and will provide a new dir.1ension in the review and evaluation pro- . cess, since DCA's Model Cities staff personnel have close contact not only with the CDAs .but also with ne ighborhood groups in the Model Neighborhoods. Through this double insight and direct pe rsonal contact, a more balanced objective and complete evaluation of the Program can be made than would b e possible frcm ev en the best written reports. The DCA-HUD partnership will alsp make av ailable to CDAs and/or neighborhood groups a variety of tech..ri. ical assista nce av ail a l be f rom DCA ' s own st:a f f 3 and from the sta f fs of those state departments r e presented on the State Interagenc y Mode l Cities 3 Tha t part of DCA' s o rga~i zat i on throu g h whic~ se rv ices are d eliv ere J con sists o f two p a rts : Dis ;; ri c t Fiel d Opera t ion s a nd Su pportive Servic e s . Opera ting und e r its Di~ ec to r, each Distric t s taff ha s capab ili ty t o aid lo ca l gcvernme n t s , CAPS or oth er g ro ups i n prep a ring propo s a ls f o r s143.215.248.55e a s s i s tanc e , to r evie~ such progra~s ar.d to reccmm~nd acti0n on them to the Commi s siorrer. .~va.ilable through the Su~~,::i.::-ting Sen;ice s sta ff a re s pecialist s in hou s ing, urban rene~al, civil design engineer i ng, code enforc e Dent, s ocial servic e s, hum~~ resource development, we l f a re education, day care, city planning, recreation and l e is·..1re and manpm-;~r develop2ent. �11. C OTI"u'7\J..'t-'-'""'Ce 4 • It has b~cn t~e practice of t~e coorc~nators to maintain close contact with the all Model Cities-related developrr.ents, with a view to engac;ing statc:-offered technical assistance ,wherever this may be useful. When a need for such assistance arises, the coordinator acts as liaison between th~ CDA or the neighborhood on the one hand and the appropriate sta te agency on the other to insure maximum effP-ctiveness. In .the case of DCA' s own staff, thi~ means bring frig Distr:i ct strtff into contact with local agencies for program development and application processing in connection with projects in which DCA can offer support. It means similarly involving the Supportive Services staff in many evaluating, planning or training functions. case of other state agencies, it first means an inquiry directe~ In the tn +hat agency's contact pers on on the Interagency Model Cities Committee to establish what p e rsonne l are available for the needed function, follo wed by negotiation to make that personnel productive on behalf of the Mode l Citie s group. (a} Working wit h City Gove r nment s To insure smooth and prornpty delivery of such services, the coordinators will likewise maintain regular in-depth contact with those officials in each cit y r esponsibl e f o r t he. Model Citie s Program, t o r evi ew the p lanning being developed by CDA and .city staf f, to encourage explanation o f innovat i ve and experimental possibilitie s, to offer those kind s o f techn i cal a s sistance availabl e fr om the st ci.t e, a nd t o make sur e th a t ma.'<irnal c i t izen partic i pation is - included i n t h e planning at every step. They wi l l also regu l a~ly 4 Represented on t he co~~i ttee, o r read ily accessibl e to i t and t o the ~:odel Ci ties staff, are the state departments of: Consumer ?rotection; Corrections; Connecticut Develop~er.t Commission; Education (including dJvisions of vocational education a~d rehabilitatio~ ) ; Health; Labo~ (inclu~ing the Connecticut St at e 2:7\?loy.nent Service ); :·!ental Heal t h; ~-Ielfare (inclu_d ing Social S~rvices and Child :·: elfare); and the Governor's Cor:unittee on Crime and Juvenile Delinquency. �r 12. attend meetings of the cou;:i.cils and task forces representir.g resi.dents of the neighborhood, i.i order to provide similar stimulation and assista:ice in their ,-, ork. (b) Working with Neighborhood peoole One of the disadva1:t2.qes under which neighborhcod people labor is a lack of information about the programs of government, federal, state and local, which can be made to work on their behalf. This can lead to a reaction of hopelessness which cuts the tap-root of any possible citizen participation. Disillusionment which results when govern- mental promises seem to the residents not to be redeemed (even if the failure results fran the residents' own ineptness in dealing with governme nt structure) can have the same effect. For these reasons, it is important for the coordinato~s as soon as Fossible to those individuals and groups in the Model Neighborhood which re.f leet validly and attitudes existing in the neighborhood and/or exercise or have the potential to exercise leadership. When these key persons ?nd groups are . found, con- tinuing contact with them wust be maintained, in orcer that the coordinator may have a.realistic picture of the Modcl Ne igbborhood in all its dimensions, in or d er that I he may inform residents of the new po.ssibili ties the Model Cities ·Prog:r:-am opens to them, and in orde r that he may enlist their p articipation in the fullest and most ·produc-· tive wa y. Succ ess i n establishing , maintaini ng and using such rapport with neighbor hood peop l e has be~n a signal ach ievene nt o f the Connec t i cut Model Cit i es sta f f in their first year o f existe nce under the 701 gra nt. This kind of concern with the e xisting viable structures in t h e Model Neighbo:-hoods has in many cases led to the establishment ot mutually bene=icial liaiso'.i with the �l 13. Community Action Agencies, through which the CAAs and Model Cities programs have achieved an important working relationship. This emphasis·on neighborhood liaison at the state level gives to the Connecticut Model Cities operation a balance which cannot be duplicated, and which has great promise for the success of the demon~tration being proposed. Important as the achievements in thi~ .regard have· heen to date, they can he magnif?_Pd and enhanced if the items proposed are granted, since each coordinator will have more time to devote to the city which is bis essential responsibility, and because he and the staff of which he is a part will have the capability to exercise a greatly intensifi~a i.mpact on the local program and thus to produce positive results on behalf of neighborhood residents. �L


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Scace ?ro2r2m Imolic acions In the ligh t ·ol: DCA ~s e:-:?e rie.:-.ce .,.,ith Con.necticut' s Nadel Cities Programs, there are certain items of progra~~ing which already reco-:n.~end themselves as desirable .for irr~.ediate. implementation. Specifically these are: improver.tent of the communication flow, added emphasis on innovat_ion in 1-~odel Cities planning and a program to foste r the development of indigenous economic competence. · lJ'hile ~e pro~ose that an early star t on these is necessary~ we forsee that there ¥ill be others -which will become important during the period· covered by this proposal, so th cit it is necessary that there be maximum flexibility in the State's }lodel Cities function to allow for implementing these new high-priority items. Communications There are four ways in wh i ch the communication flow in our present program ·m ust be improved for maximum effectiveness to be achieved; (1) access by the Connecticut Model Cities Office to federal and other pla~nini concerning Model Cities; (2) intra-department communications; (3) communication with other departments of state government; and (4) cotni."tlunication with local CDAs and ne.ighborhood groups. 1) DCA's Model es office must be re all _federal conferences dealing with Model Citie s, a·nd at many such spon-sored by private agencies. · This is a must if the c.oordinators are to be the productive, up-to-date res ource which is needed by the Hodel Cities programs. DCA, in such confer.ences can have a valuable input to federal thinking because -of its .unirue e:<perience: • Also, pro- I ~ision must be made for frecuent field trips to vtsit promising experimental programs I •• ~ • I. in other states which may be adaptable to meet Connecticutrs needs . Likewise, DCA must develop withi n its Model Cities office a resource library making as much infonnation as possibl e i::.:nedi-3tely avai'lable . �. "'--~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ - -....__,_.____--=-- ~ -...---,11, -15. · 2) As the 'N0 del Cicies programs in Co.nneccicut move cowarci t he execution phase, th~re wtll be an i r: cre asing n~ed for close coo~dination of all DCA progra.'.1s in Nadel Cities cor...-:iunities . T' i s wi ll be par tly taken care of by the Director participating in regular meetings of the District DirectorsJ but will also. require the institution of a reporting _syst-;?m by which the Hodel Cities office rezularly receives status reports of all DCA programs in Model Cities QUnicipalities. Further, to improve intra-department communications, it will be urged that programs of sensitivity training be made mandatory for many DCA eraployees, aimed on the one hand to . sensitizing workers to each other, and, on the other, at ·sensitizing field workers to the pa_rticular communications problems of residents of Nadel Neighborhoods and other . ghetto corranunities • ... . 3) Since the developr:1ent of good communications with other departments of the. state government will play ·a major role in the success of the Model Cities staft's efforts, the approach will . be to make fuller use of the Inter-Agency Model Cities Committee. Their meetings must now be regularized; and the agenda must include full reports on the status of each city's pr~gram and a calendar of upcoming Hodel . Cities events to which other departments will be expected to make 4) Finally, a contribution. -- though the individual· efforts of the coordinators have established ·good relations between DCA and lccal· Model Cities groups, there remains new avenues through which communication can take place. a need for Fer this reason, DCA will ·sponsor regular state-~ide or even regional conferences for.local DCAs ana/or


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major c omp on ent o f such conferences . . Sensitivity training ma y also becccie a �16. Since it will be a contiriuing concern of the Model Cities team in ricA to work ~ith agencies of municipal ~overnment and with neighborhood groups to encourage them to a maximum of innovation and experimentation in developing the components of the local Model Cities P-ogram, the team will work c~rsely with DCA's battery of ~~ban experts to originate new and imaginative attacks on urban problems. The team will also seek to enlist all possible federal ~ state, and local, public and private, assistance available, to local municipal agencies end neighborhood groups in putting such plans into .execution. The coordinators will further seek to acquaint themselves will new problem solving !=pproaches being tried in other states, ( e.e., Ne_w Jersey's guaranteec income, New York's Vest Pocket Housing, etc.) to determine wr: :--".he:- :·.. .h programs offer promise for meeting some of Connecticut's needs. In particular, the team will bring to bear on such problems the technical assistance available on DCA's own staff and the staffs of Departments represented on the Inter-Agency Committee, with a view to developing the full range of possibilities open to each Nadel Cities Agency in meeting its o-wn local situation. The emphasis will be on developing ideas and programs which establish new directions or concepts on an experimental basis. The team will then communic·ate these possi- bilities to the municipalities and the }!ode! Neighborhoods, and will assist them in translating such programs into action . Eco~omic Develooment Team It is ax iomatic that the standard of living of low-income urban residents i annot be raised unless they are allowed and encouraged to share in the total economic productivity of their ccnB1unit y. The history of urban development, ho wev er, has shown that the se progra'.r.s adver sel y affect the e~onoC'.'\ic destinies of the inhabitants . �17. It;: is not atypical to find that 40% of the businesses within a_ renewal area subsequently fail. This mortality rate reflects poor business practices that caused the operation to be marginal, personal service operations that were geared for a .particular area, and in most cases these smell business ventures had no direct relationship to the larger business col!lITlunity and therefore were strangers to the local Chamber of Corr.mere~ lending institutions, etc. For these reasons, it is necessary to employ all available governmental and private resources to provide imaginative Model Cities programming designed to save, support, and improve existing businesses and industries in Model Neighborhoods. In the same way, new businesses and industries must be created that are competitive an~ encuwpa ss new markets, new technology, and the assistance necessary to develop sound rr.anagerial skills and practices. Likewise, these new businesses will be influenced by Model Neighborhood residents and the City Demonstration Agency by virtue of their involvement in new manpower training and employment opportunities that must be developed. To this end, the 'Hodel Cities staff will establish an Economic Development Team possessing ext ensive expertise in all matters relating to economic development. It \Jill be this team's responsibility to provide technical assfstance to Model Neighborhood groups to enable ehem to develop a socio-economic barometer of the neighborhood and thereby to determine the number, size and kinds of busin ess enterprises which may be required in the redevelopment neighborhood and those ~hich have favora ble prospects for succ ess. The team will also assist the local group in surveying and consultin$ . with existing business in order to establish ~hich businesses ought to re~ain in the neighborhood, ~hether sone should relocate, ~hich -will beco?T,e red '.1Lcdar:.t, ~:hich should shift to a different type of operation, which should expand, etc. Sinilarly, the number and kinds of ne•,1 businesses ,;.,hich will �18. be needed ~us':: be est?.blished. 1i!hen su t:h det e!"mination h.as been made) the ·tec1rn will provide technical assistance t6 aid potential entrepren ~urs through the problems of establishing, funding and organizing new enterprises consonant with the community's socio-economic plan. In the same way, the team will assist with the reorganizing, reloc:-tion, ex pansion or conv·ersio ,:-:- process ~hich existing .busin;sses will ·h,we to undergo. / In addition to the full-time economic development person, who will be director I . of t'he tE:. au1, personnel for this ti:::am will be ~o-opted on a p2.1:t-tin1i::: basis from the staff of DCA and other relevant state departments, some will be available from private enterprise, some can be enlisted from federal agencies, and when necessary, because of highly technical situations, consultants will be engaged. DCA has already taken the legislative steps necessary to effectuate this pro- . posed program. They fall into two categories. First, in 1967, the Connecticut Legislature established a state funding program for small business development centers (P.A. 524). Unde~ this Act, the Connecticut Development Commission was empowered to make grants to an SBA defined small business development center or a municipally designated agency or organization approved by the CDC which "has as its function in whole or i n part the developing of local entrepeneurship through rendering of consultive, techn ical, educational, and financ i al assista nce". Th e s t ated pur pose of th i s Ac t was to establish and stimulate · t h e ·gr owt h o f · sma ll business en ter pr i ses particular l y a s r~l ated t o the low-i ncome gr oups wi th in the community . Th e 1969 Leg i slatur e has b efor e i t a DC A sp ons or ed Bi l l (S. B.3 83 ) , 1 which prop o ses that t h e CDC ' s · f uncti on be t r ansferred t o the Commi ss i on er o f DCA. is a~ticJpated that this 3ill will be passed int o l aw. The s e cond DCA s ponsored Bill empowers municipally designated non - stock corporations, cor.:posed of neighborh ood res.idents, to undertake programs for small It �19. rl_<;ve_op!:!e::.t, 1 • b usi-:-:esz · 1 · inter ,Lia (~ _ .B. 6.?4'1 ·- , . These tT,;o bills tie in directl~, T,;ith e:-:isti.':!.g pro;r:!Els administered by the federak Sillall Business Associatic~. The Econo~ic Oppo=t~~i:y ~o~ns to s~2ll Busi~ess Progra~ (Title IV; 42 USC2901-05); Loans to State and Local Development Compariies Prog~am (15 USC 661, 695 and 696); and the Procurement and Management Assistance to Small Businesses (78 Stat 526; Title IV; 42 USC 2901-07) all provide for financial and technical assistance to low-income persons, whether they be members of a corporation, community organization or acting independently, interested in becoming involved in private entrepreneurship. Further, there is the Department of·commerce administered Program (Public Works and Economic D~velopm~nt Program, 79 Stat. 552), ~hich aims at developing private enterprises in economically distressed areas. Ai ... L..11ese programs must be coordinated with the CDAP and Nadel Cities Programs to develop a comprehensive plan for redeveloping target areas. In this context, the Economic Development Team will seek to develop all possible wa y s in which the local Nadel Cities ?rogram.1 itself can be m2de to benefit local entrepreneurs, ex isting or ~otential. These might include funding neighborhood development corporations, giving pref erence to local developers, and according preference in bidding procedures to entrepreneurs based in the neighborhood and/or incorpor2ting training procedures intended to upgrade local skills. The team will then work .-..,ith lo.cal CDAs and Task Forces to implement such possibilities as fully as possible . Discretionarv Funds As has already been noted, it is not possible to forsee all the program iteffi s ~hi ch developing circumstances may render desirable , or even necessary, duri ng the grant period. The final val ue of the deGonst r ation which is proposed depends largely on the progra~ being designed with enough flexibility to allo~ the staff to respond quickl~ and .positively to unforseen needs or newly emerging opportunities . Thus it i s expected that there ~ill be added during the grant period a nurnb2r of new program �20. items beyond those which have been mentioned. For this reason, the grant should provide for cert2in flex ible funds which the Com.~issioner, at his discretion, could use for any r~del Cities related function to enhance the success of Connecticut's Hodel Cities Program. j ! �21. Administrative Procedures The ability of the Department of Co1mnunity Affai!'."s to administer the fede!'."al Model Cities Grant Program and supervise the activities allowed therein would enable the Department to m=.ximize utili.zatior: of r.esou!'."ces a:lc. ma."l.pcwer now existing as part of the agency's ove!'."-all prog!'."a~. At t~e pres2nt time the 701 Urban Planning Assistance Program, 701 State Advisory Program, the Title VIII program and Title IX progra~ as well as a nurr~er of other innovative type activities being funded through federal and state grants are housed under one administrative office within the Department's organizational structure. It is proposed that the Model Cities Grant Program be added to the office to assure not only coordinative activities but more importantly that the activities of the various programs are supportive to one another and will contribute lar~ely to a comprehensive approach to community development in all of Connecticut's municipalities. It is felt that the Model Cities Program and the exp3..csion of technical -assistance to municipalities on all total staff levels will afford the state the opportunity to provide advice ., counsel, and resources to municipalities qualifying for such assistance on a specific problem solving level. The combining of these activities will, on the most part, provide the coordinated services in keeping with the philosophy of the Department of Community Affairs, that is an outreach and community-oriented program. To demonstrate the practicality and feasibility of this effort it is estimated that we will require a considerable expansion of the present Hodel Cities Coordination Progran staff. The current coordination stuc1y term i nates on May 30, 1969. The four coordinators now functioning .as a Model Citie s Ccordina tio n Team ·· ,iould be ~etained and will become a part of the proposed ten person staff which is outlined as �Profession~l Positio~s 1 Director 15,530. 5 Coordinators: 1 Assistant Director 4 Coordinators @11,960 ea 12,760 47,840. 1 Economic Development Specialist 1 Corr~unication Specialist 2 Municipal Services Coordinators II @10,380 ea 11,560. 9,680. 20,760. 118,130. Clerical Staff 4 Stenographers and typists @5,040.ea 20,560. STAFF SALARIES Administrative Staff 1 Accountant 1 Clerk and/or machine operator Total Administrative Staff 7,500. 5,040. 12,540. Salary Related Costs 15,117. 166,347. TOTAL NODEL CITIES PROGR.&'1 STAFF Staff Responsibilities The administration of the ne·,;, Hodel Citie_s Program will be assi,gned to the Department's Office of Supporting Progr·arns for the reasons as explained above. The major responsibilities of the Director will be to supervise-the functions of all members of · the :Model Cities staff . He wiJ_l be directly responsible to the Commissioner in the latter's function as Coordinator for Model Cities and Chairman of the Governor's Inter -Agency Committee for Hodel Cities . Re will establish such working relat_onships �23. ~ith c~~er Civisior.s ~f t~2 Depart~~nt as ~e called fo~ i~ th~ p=8posal, p:rti~~- larly the ilh::~shing of. ,:.,oc1el Cities and CDA? fu .. ctio:1s ar,d coordinatL,g District functions. into the over-all Model Cities effort in Model Cities communities. For this purpose, he w_ill participate in the regular n,2etings of the District Dire .... --:ors. He will negotiate with the CD.AP Design and Review staff the policies and procedures which will most effectively assure that the two programs complement each other, and achieve maximum .e=fectiveness. He wili employ the talents of the Community Relations team in those ways which will best insure the greatest comnmnication and the most · response in support of Model Cities and other urban efforts. He will sit as ·chairman i"n all reyiews of Nadel Cities programs in Connecticut. The;; ~vvrdinators will each have responsibility for liaison with all Model _Ci ties functions in one of Connecticut's first and second round Mode 1 Ci ties programs, but will also have other res9onsibilities as well. They will be chosen for their .broad- guage qualities and experience, enabling them to respond effectively in a wide variety of situations, but they should aJ.so possess real expertise in one or more of the following categories: interpersonal r ·e lations, community organization, municipal govern- ment, and federal and state urban programs. The Coordinator named Assistant Director will supervise the work of all five Coordinators, to insure maximum effectiveness of the state's efforts, and to use the individual abilities and expertise of each coordinator wherever they may be call ed for in any of Connecticut's Hodel Citi~s programs. He may act on behalf of the Director in circumstances to be determined by the Director. - Each coordinator will be creo~red to lend that helo which he can most effectivel y ' ... - offer as part of the t ot al 1-!cdel Cities Coordinat±ng Tea".'. in whatever city the Direct.a:-and/or Assistant Dirc=tor ..1ay determine needs his aid. in All coordinators will pe.rticipate all Model Cities revie~s, with the coordinator assigne~ to the liaison function with �· the city under review acting as principal interrogatnr of CDA proced~res. to foster new or struggling business or industrial enterprises, and for his organizational ability. He ·;ill assembly from DCA, from ,t:.er Connecticut state and f.?.deral agencies, and from the ·private sector, the Economic Developnent Team, whose sole purpose will be to offer every needed assistance to Nod~l Neighborhood entrepreneurs, existing or potential, who wish to start, develop or improve their own commercial or industrial enterprise. He will ensure that this tea:n makes availabJe all technical assistance needed by such ventures, and will formulate guidelines by · which ·each Medel Cities pro~ram can support them. The Comunications Specialist will be chosen for his expe:•+;_se ! _-


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an efficient flow of informa,tion between government agencies and with neighborhood people as well as municipal agencies, and for organizational abilities. He will de- velop procedures and mechanisms by which the Model Cities.office in DCA can most efficiently trans~it relevant inforr.-,ation to other divisions of the Department and, in turn, receive such informat_ion from them. He will also develop similar mechanisms and procedures for communication with local Model Citie~ groups. He will develop the Hodel Cities Resource Library, and will organize whateverc-onferences er meetings the team may decide will be beneficial. The Municipal Service coordinators will be chosen for thei:::- knowledge of and e xperience in federal, state and local fisca,l processes. It will be their responsibility to facilitate the ::l o w of Model Cities funds into the l.ocal ~1odel Cities progr?-ms and to administer state and federal discretio~ary fund s available to the I Model Cities Team. They will functi on only within p olicy de~ined b y the Inter-agency ~-!odel Cities Comraittee and/or the Director, and will be directly responsible to the Director. The four Cleric3l positions should include on9 per so n with some bookkeeping abili ty, �25. to assist the Fir,3.nci?.l .r..dministrator s, and one pe!"scn ~·.'ith so::ne kno~i!.e-;e of library sci"er-.ce, to aid in the fcrr.iatior. o:: the resource library. All should be proficient in the usual s ecretarial skills. Space needs will include: one private office (for the Director) · with adjacent secr etarial space; office space for five coordinators, with so~e provisions for privacy, with one adjacent s e cre tar ial space, and with a small confere nce room near by and available; sufficient office space for the Economic Development Specialist anc the two Financial Administrators, with two adjacent secretarial spaces. The total cost of equipment required to make the program ooerational totals $16,840. This figure includes office space as well as transportation costs for the field ope rations segment of the program as well as a variety of furniture and equipment. As d e scribed and for the reasons stated above, the discretionary fund is a neces- s a ry item t o k eep the program on an a ction orie nted bas i s . It is r equ est e d t hat $50 , 000 be a llocated for this purpose . Total Operating Funds Requi red Based on the above proj ects , t he est imated total f unds required to make the pro g ram operational is a mi nimum of $233,187. �- 12 - The Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare and the Chairman of the National Governors' Conference should appoint a Joint Task Force to prepare legislative and administr a tive proposals to meet the housing needs of all persons receiving federa l welfare and housing assistance. 


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The States and Mode l Cities: Recommendation 13: HEW and HUD HEW-Mo del Cities Relations As HEW beg ins to re-structure its programs to provide that adequate attention is focu sed on urban areas and_ Model Cities in particular , HEW should seek to renovate existing HEW-State rel a tions to accomplish this task rather than trying to develop its own HEW delivery system at the loca l level, as it is now doing in Model Cities. The Se cre t ary of HEW should require the concurrence of the Governor for all HEW funds earmarked and spent throu gh state a gencies in Model Cities. HEW should seek to re-structure its relations with its own Regional Offices, State Agencies and the Governors with a view to insuring that State machinery is responding to the prior ity n eeds o f u rban a reas. This method is preferred over the alternative of direct HEW-local relations as is being undertaken in the Model Cities Program. HEW already has 200 field people assigned to work directly with Hodel Cities . A simila r deployment of personnel to the Governors' offices would produce an ability to coordinate and deliver most HEW and Stat e services ne eded for th e orderly deve lopment of all local communities. Direct Federal-local r e lations have no great record of achiev eme nt, except in food pr oduction. HEW h as historica lly used the States to deliver a good record of health, education, and social services to people regardless of where th ey live. We recommend a modification of the existing HEW-Stat e system rather than direct HEW-local relations , to meet the priority needs of urban America. 


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Recommendation 14: HUD-Mod el Cities Relations Congress should amend the Model Cities legis l ation to provide for a l egitimate and positive role f o r Sta te gove rnme nt in th e operation of the pro gram. Specifically, Section 105 of the "Model Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 should be amended to authori ze the Se cre tary of Housing and Urban Development to make matching grants to th e States to provide continuing planning , coordination, programming and technical assistanc e services to model city agencies. In those states where the state contributes a substantial portion of th e l ocal non-federal financial share, the program s h ould provide for state concurrence in the approval of the selection, program development and fundin g of all mod e l cities applications. �- 13 - HUD should immediately provide for State review and comment on model city work programs and supplemental grants. The Model Cities Pro gram should be re-evaluated with a view toward its extension to the entire city and making it the coordination and delivery system for all federal grants coming into the model city, plus an appropriate role for the State for the delivery of State pro grams. The Model Cities program has reached the point where closer Federal-State Community cooperation is essential. The program very shortly will be operating in over 40 States and in some 150 cities, both large and small, with a total population of 50,000,000 people. Not only the 6,000,000 people in the model neighborhood areas stand to benefit, but also the total city by the emphasis upon local innovation and the development of more effect-ive and responsive procedures and policies at all levels of government. This program could well become the prototype for a new federal assistance delivery system. HUD has invited Governors and other appropriate State officials to participate as partners with the cities in the development of Model Cities comprehensive program submissions, and to contribute to the review of these programs. However, federal legislation provides no clearly defined role for State government in the program, and the problems of coordination among the federal departments involved remained unsolved. The States continue to be concerned about the lack of communication between HUD, model city applicants, and the Governor's office. The States have repeatedly said that state budgets and programs cannot be suddenly changed at some indefinite future date when the model city applicant comes to the state for approval of project elements that are part of long-range state development programs. At the state level, the Governor's office should assume authority under federal legislation to coordinate the program as it operates through line agencies, to sychronize local Model Cities plans with state plans, and (either directly or through an agency for community affairs) to provide financial and technical assistance to the Model Cities. Either through administrative change or by amending the Demonstration Cities Act, supplementa l federal funds should be made available to states which appropriate funds for financial or technical assistance to Model Cities. This, in turn, would provide the incentive of the "multiplier effect" to State Legislatures and would encourage large appropriations. Where possible, both federal and state flexible funds should be earmarked for priority use in Model Cities, as has been done with federal urban renewal funds. 


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�June 2-. 1969 D r . Richar d Wilson S chool of Arc hitecture Georgi a 1n titute of Technol ogy Atlanta, Georgia 30332 De r Dr . Wilson: The work b ing don by your tudent s in the new Model Citi s " involvement" pi-oj ct is of great interest to those of u ln gover.nm nt involved in the Model Cities P1·0gra.m. F o r eom tim.e, it hae be n my feel ing ihat our cad mic iJl titutions could s t"ve the community n d th b tudents much more effectively if endemic curricul could b contempb r ry probl m s nd projects. ge red to Th r sults of s uch ork ehou.ld be m d v ll bl to inter ted overnment o~ coxnmunlty 1 ders so that the ln.novations of the youthful l'nind c,,f th coll g tud nt can b sh red by tho responelbl for bwJ.clin pro rams for he good of the total .eo~unity. l wieh for your s \Id nt success in their unde~ lng and I hop it h ju t th b 1lnnlng of many othe proj cts in which the City can s r • Slnc r ly yo\U" , Dan Sw at DS•fy �GEORGIA INSTITUTE O F . TECH N OLOG Y ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30332 SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE .Pr. 4. ( !la11r.eA .l)~ I ~(M.~J &t/C',e / ~ ;ic.rw /l.;z 1h-e~ fttedt'ot ~J(m.-lJ°tui,. 417 sf1< d ~ f;.,.;ed:. >"deckfk/ lo l " l ~ ~ ) -{? ,l!;-~vlo.i t~ ~J. fa-~ ~ ~cl~ /(,t,M <f /1. I d v/h-cti f ~ ~ tvdf ~116lv .f'baer S 7n chnY71njee1 wi/2. cu, a,t,Ldt°<> -/-"'-)' eel. 07m mchJa.,y I u,. 1'.<. ~li.dzdv,,c,e ti,.,.£,h,,y~ . t:vLd ~ .e~Ji, "t;j- / 1'//ht•lr t,4,/ k Oh ~'l aY< ~ arbo/ · . /1.,:d di;;~ ty/ ) resru,..fJt<A wi/,,( k -7[i(N 1 / VJ /k P w wA M-e , v,.: J3vt:, k/r1la.u ka..S slwitfit ni u d uz.kMs[ , ~ rJ_ /4ti.r twzt:/e,,-i~ -t ~ ~ 1~ ,/2t.A 7 . ti-Ml jv /4.:.J ~"' t~ datswpy/{ will b.e c~)4-f-ed. wi/1 Jt. s~ 1n1rrt{ft-. o/ ~ /7)~J ca) 7 a,..J dLt< ffYJitVAS / /;ftrwe,;.1 a ~ 4 ~ /kJ ~ w1,;<~ /4sc~('S·Rcf t,v;)< ,IUv. Waftae,e . 7L sfv.d.eJ; cJk Vf'rlj Whcer1t ed IS J~5iavl~ ~ /lJa cr~ tv-zJVKV.:,7 t/4~ dh ~ • 1'-iv1l-7A ~ ~ Wh1m U/4 df ~f~r aJt~ f dc e,J? S" have k.lU.. h~ ~irr{ wlCL! ~ ~ ke.t. d ~ a?< o-j i ~ z ~ ,&_ tU-11~, ep/.u rJtd,d {ef7'.rtJIA fee:~ . /4..J '-/l. IM.r d. hl~d. Ile, /2~ ar:k.td. { " ' ~ 6.e ) Clfr:le. jv ~


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be done ir.1medintely--~-uhile planning fo1' the future.

They are tired of b8in 6 the passive subject of surveys and pl~ns th at bring no . immediate benefits-But as they move fo r·wa::cd by self determine d pract ical steps--~as citizens of the

State of Georgia, tlv:::y rrill expec'c, to t ake advantage of c111 the new syste;;JS e.nd devices th at moder n technology can cor.ie up uith to meet their needci .nd requirements-and to benefit fro:-11 tha State's investment in Technological Research and Education. Jill

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~ lrrio~ern technology"iD no1;1 oriented to oth8:r~ tbin;f~--"to fue middle class .~.

"incentive" values of suburb.sn affluent living---a.'1d the "sccurity11 veh,es of making yP,.~ ..c Her. It is r,ot yet oric!ltec1 :.o the needs ~nd requirements of

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nnd has no on-going progr:im , in this urea, that cnn now come up with spectacular

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Natio;ial l{odel Ci ties and similar programs are jio..-1 ~r s o vast and

cri tical to t be tfatlon , tho.t t ~cbnology is noH oblit::ed to b ecome oriented to them-- -. and ready to S8rve the Citizens ·1.ho live there . Atlanta'c i-focbl Cities progrc:.m ha s th e opportunlt,y ,3nd thows the promise of

leading the nation-- a.nd Georgia Tech w:i.shes to do its part in this by providing

.the t echnolc~~cally-~a~ed education and in~ovative researc h that is needed to do this job. Such new purpose and dire ction can act as a great incentive to help raise our levels of acade~1ic achi~vemcnt-- and. our students will be better citizens b~cause

of their ir.volvement in it. One thi ng in particular has to be ~aid about .this~-:·· We should not ever imagine Georgia Tech!s store of technological experti~e

to be like the wealth of some rich family, readj --to nrnke charitable gifts to poor . . ' relations. 0

The shoe may well be on the other foot.

Tech very much needs new challenges

that are commensurate with its r es ources-- and the challenge of the 'Hodel Cities' program~ in this sense something of a gift to Georgia Tech$ Our association with Hodel Cities- canoe much more fruitful to us thnn simiiar association with Urban Renewal has been in the past. ·•Hodel Cities ' has the built~in capac:tty to succeed where previous programs pr oved a~ortive. This is because of its bnsic principle of Citizen participation and its total integration of Social economic and physical i mprovement measures. What this architecture class is attempting, is n relatively small project, to oH~ �I- be explored ~nd developed at a high speed-- as these -things Go---- but it is import ant ·to us at Georgia 'i'ech, because it c an prepare the r1ay for ckcp0r studies. Our immediate assets he,.'e are: 1) Students, ms;nbers of the AIA National Student Organizv.tion1--t,iho have asked to be gi-.ren this kind of J<.ask in their ·classes--- They are nlready motivated. 2) Curr ent clirr.2.te cf oi;;inion that sees improved educational values in this kind. of project~--- rihen prop.2;rly organized. 3) People who know the difficulties uo face in attempting this--c1rc ,'::q'.!.:i.J 1p ~d ~;20. r e t!dy to giv0 us all the help t, hey c an and p The students ;rill prorlnce rcpo:rtG and graphic displays coverinf; survey a.nd ~ , . -.s,::::=::=.,~ . . , - ; , - ~_:.:,- = r . ~ - =z,,;;.:;w---=:=r.z~~;;-..._i ~--::::X::~-::;.~ ' ~ ~ ~~ . . _..:..=:--:-:.::A.. -C:Sal!.~'-:t"___;. - ~ ~alysis oi the he alth :3.3rvice ne eds D.nd ·posGi'vilit:i.ca .for moeting the se riith ~~-~ servic~s

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-- - --- - - - 1,e-chn1.ques.. likely to -15e- -r-:."o st appropiate ·in -this ·situation, a8 well as of i ruaginative • ~ I but basically practical ir:novc!tionE: . . ~ The presentation prcducts eiilerr,ing froJ1 th•3 study will ba as .follows : brochl,_re. S8 rics of synchronized audio ta p'3 Ll;Jld sli1.bs for audi tcrium · presentation. -=-=-=,==,, 3) A .. Utilizat,io~ of these products will be c1s follows : a ) Fdi.:cational U 3 e -f,_q.r_fut ur<:..-S.l~ ~~s, not only to c c;!lmunic~te valuable knm-1lcdge of this area of public ne ed, but also as a stimnlus and guide for those Trlaking sirnila:!" studies in .other .,. . . areas of n eed • · b) For pr3,,9J,.i,.9J. Jl~...E:.£!!,~_fil...g9._.~s in architecture, city_planning, er.gineering, TGedicina and heal t h services------ to promote and facilitate better understanding of the needs and possibilities for effective acticn, including inte1·discipl:i.nary colaboration ( such as mutally 

··· --a dvantcigeous •.:<fa.pt. aticnof VJ.rious asr,ect solutions I to allow for

their consol.idc1.tion in a unified total assembly) . ··- ·:.-·cf·F or lo cal leaders and ·citizens - - as a n aid to democr atic de cision- mak.. __._ing,inan on- going process of co!TI!lluni ty impr ovement. " �. -o PROPO_SAL FOR A GRANT TO FOR TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE I N MODEL CITIES \. I. . BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The purpose of th:i.s program is to build - the capacity of Model Cities iesidents in ·_ _ _ __ ___ to re s pond knowledgeably and effective l y to the requirements of the Model Citi e s Program by establishing responsible neighborhood ·organi zaUons so ~hat they can assess their prob lems and can "-'Ork effec tively with ci·ty government a nd other local instituti ons in the planning, execution and evaluation of programs. It is our understanding that the Model Ci ties Administration and OEO will join in this project as . part of an effort to build effect i ve .a nd responsible community participati on and to make availabl e funds and as si stance to model nei ghborhood groups in both first a nd second roundcities. Two major obj ectives of the program are : 1. To provide citi zens wi t h a dive rsity of experience and capability in local i nstitutional pl a nning , program implementation and program eva luatio n. 2. To foster maximum feasible integration of organi zation and function by CAA a nd CDA neighborhood groups and to plan and move toward the eventual consolidation of resident participation o rganizati o ns covering the mode l neighbo r hood area. lnhererit i n making the i r training, technical assistance, a nd planning funds a vailab le i s the assumpti.on by OEO and HUD that citizens have a �,. '· -2- major role to play in both t he Community Action Program and the Model Cities Program. Further , both OEO's and HUD's philosophy ,--acknowledges t~e righl of people affected- by public programs to have access to and influence on t he process by which dec~sions about their lives are made; --accepts that many of the bes t intentioned officia ls and •technicians are often, by their training, experi ences, and life-styles, unfamiliar with or even insensitive to the problems and aspirations of model nei ghborhood residents ; theref ore , resident ideas a nd priorities can result in mpre releVant, sensiti~e, a nd effective plans a nd programs; --recognizes that the process of parti c ipation makes it pos sible ,-- for those citizen~ formerly outside the system to learn how it functions and how to make it function in their interest-and that the process makes it possible for res i de nt s to s t rengthen existing skills and to develop the kind of new skills needed for effective citizensh:i.p beyo nd as well as within the Mo del Citi es Program. In light of the above and in order to overcome th ese problems, OEO and HUD are encou raging CAA's, CDA's and the neighborhood sroups to test this technical assis tance strategy through the use of these f unds , Funds allocated to neighborhood groups under these grants may be used to provide planning, training and ~echni c al assistance s ervices to ___.,,......,. ··-··.:. ' ..- ~ · ..;... ..-----·----· �- 3- neighborhood r es i dents inclu ding b u t r ot limited t o the followi1 g: 1~ Fu l l -tfme staff f or neighborhood group s to plan and c:tev elop services under. t heze progi·ams . ., '. 2.. F~r.ma l . training programs for ne:i.ghbo r h ood resi d ent groups and !{i?;;{ ' • ~Mf . .·.. · ., . .::<:~1';i. -~'Cocl!~c.~;:tcin. and .d isseminat:ton of re levant i nfo rmati o n abo u t· {:_;fl~\)J;i(~?< -+t ::·_:·_. ' ' : rr_'.'::\(<f.t-?::,t :fties· and t dttted progra ms t o neighbot·hood r e sident s . I • Mo del ,.~ \. ~ ; . ~ •: .·4 ;,.. Retai ning consultan ts , (la:wye.r.s, commu nity o rganizer s , p la nne r s , programmatic s peci9.l:i!-ts, e tc . } to adv i s e o n s ubstantive prog r ams and planning . s. ·. To develop and ca~ ry out ci. tizen eval u ation of the Mo de l Ci t i es and all other elannin~_!ivlties that a ffe ct t h e neifht orhood. 6. A portion of grant f unds may b e u sed by neighborhood g roups to con t r a c t di.rectly with organizations of their own choosing which B.r:e -cegu larly engaged in providing T&TA . 11, PROCESS P.RIOR TO WORK. PROGRAM I. The CAA a.nd ~ will d i 1,c 1.1s s thi s p r ogr·am. (del ete r ema:!.nde r o f sentence.) 2 , They wi ll discuss thei1· co mmitme nt fi.l-r t he nex t twelve mo;1ths o f fund s f o r t r ai ning a nd tec hn i c a l ·a s sis t a nce s e rv ice s to ne i ghborhood grou ps . �..,. -4~ . 3. Designation of neighborhood groups to pl!ln th~ program and receive funds by the CAA and CDA. The neighborhood group with as s istance acceptable to it from 4. the CAA and CDA wi.11 decide wha t trai nip_g and technical assistance t:hey require for the development of the proposa_l ,. for neighborhood~group support f unds. ! I· If this assistance is not available in the city, the CAA and 5. ! . CDA wiq make every effort to obtain it. We hope OEO and the other. Federal, state and local agencies involved in the Model I I I. I ' Cities Program wi 11 make,


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ava il ab le to the neighborhood I I group -- assistance which is a cceptable to the group. , 6. . I If the neighborhood group or g r oups feel that promised training a nd t e chnical assi stance i s no t being r e ceiv ed o r is i nadequate, • our good of fic es ta r emedy the we, t h e CAA and CDA will u se -,.-- .,. s ituation. Ill. Wo rk Prog r am. 1. The neigll.b6 rhood group with the above technica l - assistance wi ll prepare a f ormal writ ten a pplication. They will a l so p repare a summary of t ha t a ppl i cati on f o r circulation to residents of the mode l neighbo rhood . 2. . After the int erim boa r d and / o r fuembership of the neighborhood group has appr oved the appli ca t ion it should be submitte d through t h e CAA a nd CDA t o OEO and a copy sent t o HUD . l f CDA funds a re no t included in t h e a p~l ication , t hey must be in tegrated .f nto the a pplica tion . Prio r to thi s submission, the CAA , CDA �~ .. ... -5- and res:i.dcnt groups sha 11 meet together t o discuss thei r re~ ntionship s within the fra.newor.k of the proposal. 3. Incl~ded i n the final app licatio n will be a descriptive history of th e ways in which the steps in th e wo r k proce ss outlined a bov e have b ee n met. 4. The application will al.so indicate the way s CDA funds and assistance will be niacle avai loble to the n~ighborhood group . . The apppcation :iilJ_ show as spec:i.fically as· possible what kinds of activitJcs will bc _und e rtakcn, wh e n and how. 5. The . appl_:lcation wi 1l a lso desc ribe what, when and ho\·! of training dur i ng the program year . ,6. The application will al so s pe cify ho w con ~ult a nts hire d by the nei ghbo r boocl group wi 11 b e accountable to tl-ie neighborhood group or groups . 7. The a pplication will a l so descri b e how thi s training an d techn ica l assistan ~e 1.G re l ated to CDA e nd CA/\ pln ns .and programs . 8. The work prog r am w1.ll s pell out h iring procedures: purticularly the rights end re s po ns ibil ities of the nei ghbo r hoo d group, the CAA ond CDA. 9. The. work progrmn ,-,ill al so i nd:iq,te by name wh en~ver posstblc specific C/\A- CDA s to f f and st.a ff of 111:d.chhorhood 01;gan izaU.o ns who ,-Jill b e! involved in. imp1c:nc nt.ing tl1c program .. �··.:· 'il,' ' . ..y •'.


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-:-:.} l.-_,-:-·'/·1~~2?:r-ti·. -r:."· / ,; -- ·-. -:. ·- · · ··-·f,r.;:~:-:>:/···'1!:~ ,_. tfot :90 day proposal which emerges f-rom the work program described in this gra~t . .. 2. Incorporation is not necessary for release of funds from OEO provided . that the CAA in conjunction with CDA agree to spend the , funds as requested b y the neighborhood group and indicates the mechanism with which it will make fiscal accountability to ~ • for the group. ,- �DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING A N D URBAN DEVELOPMENT MODEL CI TIES ADMINISTRATION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20 4 10 ~y 15 1969 I N REPL Y R E FER TO: DMP Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr . Mayor of Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Mqor Allen: As you may know, an interim report on the experiences or Atlanta, Dayton, and Seattle during the planning period has been prepared by Marshall Kaplan, Gans, and Kahn and has been distributed to all model · cities. The report, A History and Analysis of the Planning Process in Three Cities, is useful to both first and second round cities. lli cities should benefit by a better understanding or the difficulties faced during the planning process and your city' s solutions tor those difficulties. The findings of the study' of the planning process indicate that different·cities can find satisfactory though different solutions to similar problems. This ability of cities to develop answers suited to local situations is a basic goal of the Model Cities program. I am pleased that Atlanta is included in this report because you have shown that a competent city and its dedicated people can acconplish significant achiev~ments through cooperation and with hard work. It is 11\V' understanding that Marshall Kaplan and Mr. John c. Johnson have reviewed the text's discussion of Atlanta, and that Mr. Johnson has agreed that it is an accurate description or your planning experience. The generous efforts of you and your staff are greatly appreciated. Thank you again for your assistance. Sincerely yours, wi~~wJr. Director �May 21. 1969 Mr . Mason L. Wyatt Deputy Dirvctol' Model Cities Department City of Lawton 1202 Lee Boulevatd Lawton , Oklahom 73501 De r Mr . Wyatt: Mayor Allen h s sked me to answer your letter of May 14 ; requesting information on Atlanta 's city government organization. I m afr id that any information we might try to compile would be 0£ limited b nefit to you in pl nning yollr Model Cities program. However, the U . S. Dep rtment of Houslng and Urban Development has recently r 1 as d history and analysis oi the planning pl'Oc s in 3 M od l Clti s. Th y wer th fir t 3 cities sel cted - Atl nt , Se ttle; and Dayton. This study contain i.nforma.tion on th City of Atl nta's governm nt org niz tlon and the process we w nt th.rough in putting togeth ?' th Mod l Citi s program. I beU v thls will b of much more v lu to you than anything 1 might be bl to upply. If you do not hav a copy, you may obtain on by writing HUD or to the Superintendent of Documents . U. S. Gov ,:nm nt Printing Offlc • Washington, D . C. 20402 (Gov rnm nt Prillting Office # 0 .. 39 .... 676). Sincer ly yours. Dan Swe t DS:fy �MODEL CITIES DEPARTMENT CITY OF LAWTON 1202 LEE BLVD. LAWTON, OKLAHOMA 73501 TEL. (405) 357-5013 MAY 14, 1969 MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ATLANTA . .. ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 DEAR SIR: THE CITY OF LAWTON, OKLAHOMA HAS BEEN DESJG NATED A MODEL CITY AND IS NOW ENGAGED IN rrs PLANNING YEAR , CITY GOVERNME NT ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN SELECTED AS ONE OF THE AREAS OF STUDY, THEREFORE, REQUEST I BE FUR NISHED A CO PY OF YOUR CITY GOVER NMENT ORGA NI ZAT ION FU NCTIONAL CHARTS, COD ES AND GRDI NA CES OR OTHE R REFEREN CE MATER IAL THAT YOU DEEM APPROPR IATE FOR A STUDY ON CI TY GOVER NMENT ORGANIZAT ION, THAN KI NG YOU I N ADVANCE, MLW:B LR �ROBERT AND COMPANY ASSOCIATES, ATLANTA May 19 , 1969 1r. Johnny C. J ohnson Di ector odel Cities City Demonstration Ageney 673 Capitol Avenue Atlanta, Georgia 30 315 Dear 1r. Johnson: It was recentl y announced by Mr . George Romney,. Secretary of the Oepartme t of Housing and Orban Devel opment, that tho Model Cities Progr will not only be reactivated, but every assistance ill given to ake it n important and successful program. As you kno, the goal of urban design is to re erse the pread of urb uglin s and blight , and to work or or der and ore effecti plann · ng o as to achieve ore li eabl e , ork ble and beautiful citie and towns. Orban dosign is a specialty of our fi and we woul like very uch to hear f r you if you think e could be helpful in chieving your over-all go ls. Sin r ly yours, .s- ASSOCI TES RT AND CO d Orb S:rla / cc: t/4.r. Dan S Colli r • Bo rd Design �5-8-69 Model Cities M odel Cities Headquarters Bids should be taken for deformed reinforcing Model steel bars for concrete foundation slabs - Cities Model Cities headquarters buildings in funds accordance with architectual plans. when Federal EMERGENCY EXPEDITE grant is approved. �4<5 EWS U.S. DEPARTMEN OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT WASHINGTON D . C . 20410 HUD-No. 69-0359 Phone (202) 755~6980 HUD TENDERS MODEL CITIES CONTRACT TO SEATTLE, WASHINGTON FOR RELEASE: A. M. Papers Saturday May 10, 1969 Secretary George Romney, of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, today announced the tender of a $5.2 million Model Cities contract to Seattle, Washington. Seattle has also been given assurances for substantial funds from other programs administered by HUD, and the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, the Department of Labor, and the Office of Economic Opportunity. Today's action by----S-ecretary Romney will enable the city to begin its first year action phase under its comprehensive fiveyear Model Cities program. State, local and private resources will also be used by the city in its concentrated, coordinated attack on the serious social, economic and physical problems within the Model Cities area. Of the $5,200,000 in Model Cities supplemental funds, approximately $1,200,000 will generate $10,100,000 in capital construction, Secretary Romney said. HUD has approved a neighborhood development program for Seattle as well as a neighborhood facilities project, parks and urban beautification, 100 units of lowrent public housing on scattered sites under the leased housing program, 25 units of rehabilitated housing, and 100 new houses under FHA's new mortgage insurance program . HEW has stated that, in addition to substantial HEW funds which presently provide health, education and welfare services to the Seattle Model Cities area, HEW has indicated the poten tial availability of $2,095,600. HEW will continue its ongoing efforts with Seattle to make these funds available to carry out the plan , to the extent possible under e xi sting program legislation. Included a r e programs for dropout prevention, fo r teacher training , the Teacher Corps , mate rna l and infant care ,for the elderly , and f or treating the mentally r etarded . A total of $2,347,000 for a Concentrated Employment Program in Seattle,funded by the Dep a rtment of Labor, will provide work training, work experience and other manpower services for Model Citie s area residents. The Office of Economic Opportunity in dicated that it expects to maintain the present $2.4 million level of annual funding for Corranunity Action Program activity within the Seattle Model Cities area for the coming year. - mor e - �HUD-No. 69-0359 - 2 - Secretary Romney, who is the Chairman of the President's Cabinet Committee on Voluntary Action, noted the extensive private involvement in the Seattle program. Besides the contributions of private groups in the planning process, which is expected to grow during the action stages, volunteer help is available from such organizations as the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, the American Medical Association, Seattle-King County Labor Council, the King County Bar Association, Boeing, and the Weyerhaeuser Corp. The United Good Neighbor Fund, the Urban League, and other private agencies were represented on the Advisory Council. "The largest volunteer contribution has been the neighborhood residents themselves," Secretary Romney said. Commenting on the decision to tender a contract, Secretary Romney explained that this was done after a careful review of the Seattle comprehensive plan. The plan was thoroughly studied and analyzed both by the Regional and Washington Interagency Review Committees representing those Federal Departments and Agencies with urban aid programs. "During the past several months, Seattle has done an excellent job in revising its proposals and improving its capability to operate in the first year action program," he said. "Other comprehensive plan approvals and contract tenders are following a similar process and additional announcements will be made over the next several weeks." A total of 150 communities in 45 States, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico are participating in the Model Cit i es program. The first applications for planning grants were approved in November 1967. Attached is a summary of Seattle '.s comprehensive plan which includes descriptions of first year action p r ograms using Model Cities supplemental funds. Fo r furthe r infor mation : Walter Hundley Director,Model Cities Agency 1700 E . Che r ry Seatt l e , Washington 981 22 ( 206) 583 -5 700 Hono r ab l e F loyd Miller Mayo r, City Hal l Seat tle, Wash ing t o n 98122 �SEATTLE, WASHINGTON Seattle was one of 63 cities named in November 1967 to start planning in the Model Cities program. Subsequently it received a $209,720 planning grant to develop a plan for a 2.25 square mile area in the center of the city. About 10 perc·ent of the city population, or 58,000 people live in the model neighborhood on two percent of the city's land area. The model neighborhood contrasts sharply with the general prosperity of Seattle, which is considered a "white collar" city with a median average income of $6,942. Unemployment in the model neighborhood is three times the city rate, median annual income is 27 percent lower, nearly half (45 percent) of family heads did not finish high school, and onethird of the families live at or near the poverty level. Eighty-five percent of Seattle's Negro population live in the model neighborhood, making up more than half the neighborhood population. The area also includes Japanese and Chinese communities as well as small numbers of American Indians, Eskimos and Filipinos. Ten percent of the residents are white. Citizens Involved Seattle's five year program for upgrading this area incorpor. ates the work of 10 citizen planning task forces working closely with volunteers from public and private agencies at the local, State and Federal levels. During seven months of weekly and semi-weekly meetings, over 1700 citizens participated in task force planning. Proposals approved by the task forces were passed on to the Seattle Model City Advisory council, composed of 86 representatives from neighborhood organizations, ranging from church and fraternal to militant civil rights groups. The City Demonstration Agency (CDA) staff, a group of 23 professionals, including seven persons on full time loan from city, county, State agencies and private enterprise, worked closely with th~ task forces and the Council to develop the final plan for approval by the Mayor and City Council. Five Year Strategy Seattle's five year program aims at a turn-around of all as pects of life in the target neighborhood. "Solutions will be aimed as much at the inherent contradictions of our institutions as the individual victim of these contradictions" the Seattle program says. "We need altered ways of life as well as altered lives." - more - �- 2 - To accomplish this, Seattle looks to both public and private support. Two key elements of the plan, an economic developme nt corporation and a housing development corporation, are expected to bring several million dollars of private and other non-federal funds into the n e ighborhood and multiply the impact of this money by keeping it in the neighborhood. Backing up these programs will be concentrated manpower training and supporting health and social services to give model neighborhood residents the chance to get the jobs involved in the physical and economic improvement of the neighborhood. At the same time, fundamental improvements in the education system -- dealing with what is taught, how i t is taught and how parents and childre n in the neighborhood look at the scho o ls -- are projected as ess e ntial to the long r a nge self-s uffici e ncy o f individua l residents and of their community. Coordination of these various efforts will take place bath at the city level, where similarly operated agencies have gain e d new experi e nce working togethe r, and at the neighborhood level, where the Model Citie s program already h a s opened n e w ch a nn e ls fo r p a rticipation in gove rnme ntal and other decisions affecting the neighborhood. PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Economic De v e lopme nt and Employment Seattle's basic approach is to provide adequate family income to overcome poverty in the model neighborhood and at the s2me time increase the amount of economic leadership in the neighborhood and elimin a t e ma rginal employment by upgrading skills. The City hopes to double in the ne x t five y e ars the number of mod ~ l _neighborhood f a mi li e s who own or control e conomic r e source s. A k e y e leme n t for d e v e loping n e w res ide nt-owned bus inesse s in the n e igh~o r h ood i s t h e United Inne r-City Development Foundation now being organized with the coope r a tion of some 30 groups in the area. This .corporation would dra w on the r e sources of the Washington State Deve lopme nt Co r pora tion and pri v a te and Fe d e ral resource s to increa s e t e n f old a n ini t ial c api t a li zation of $3 million. Th e economic de v e lopme nt p r ogram wi l l b e b acked u p by c h a nges in the d e live r y of manpower services, e x panded skills and managemen t tra ining and a n e x tensive consumer prote ction program . To coord inate existing e mp loy me nt c o~s e lling, t ra ining a nd p l a c ement now pro v i ded by 12 agencies , t h e p l a n c a lls f or a n Emp l oyme n t UniCe n ter with outreach and one-stop serv ices. Among o t h er activi ties, the UniCenter would immediately start a Manageme nt and In tern program d es igned to bring r es ide nts into supervisory and policy @aking positions in government and eventua ll y in t h e pr i v a te sector. - mo re - �- 3 - A City Trainee program would also be started to give special training and placement to model neighborhood residents normally ineligible for city jobs. Housing, Physical Planning and Environment The Housing program in carrying out its objectives to increase the supply of housing and the degree of homeownership in the neighborhood will be another key element in the economic development of the neighborhood. A non-profit Housing Development Corporation is expected to bring $6 million into the neighborhood to meet a goal of 5,400 housing units over the next five years. The Corporation will be owned by stockholders from industry, government and the neighborhood, with neighborhood stockholders electing the Board of Directors. · Planning is under way for the first 150 uni ts of new and rehabilitated housing. A start would also be made on establishing a Land Bank to purchase vacant land in the neighborhood for housing use. The Physical Planning and Environment program focuses on expanding recreation areas in the neighborhood, transportation needs of r e sidents, and resolving problems caused by two proposed transportation corridors through the neighborhood. Planning will continue on a public transportation and development corridor to include parks, recreation-entertainment centers and public facilities along the proposed R.H. Thomson motorway runni ng nor th-south thr ough the entire length of the neighborhood. A simi lar study f or a housing and park complex is scheduled f or the proposed I-90 which would cross the neighborhood in an east-west direction. The start of several recreation projects and block developme nt to provide sma ll recreation areas in each block is scheduled immed iately . Th e p r ogram also include s a proj e ct in which r es i dents wil l o perat e a r ovi ng " F i x- it" wagon to provide minor home r epa i r services at cost to neighborhood families. Educ ation Despite f our y e ars o f compens a tor y e ducation progra ms , model neighborhood student s are f our y ears beh i nd other cit y c h ildren at the end of high school . Seattle' s go a l s -- e n riching e ducation, making educatio n a better preparation fo r wor k life , and b r o adening parent, teacher a nd studen t p a r ticipati on in the s c hoo ls -- are designed to deal both wi th felt and expressed n eeds and realization of institutional c h ange. - more - �- 4 - SPattle has given priority to the socio-economic integration of schools as a means of enriching education when combined with curriculum redevelopment and staff training and retraining. As the first in a series of educational complexes planned by the Seattle public schools, a Middle Schools Educational Park Demonstration for grades 5-9 would be planned and built on the edge of the University of Washington campus. Since no complete program for vocational education now exists .~ in the schools, Seattle plans an early start of an extensive Occupational Skills and Incentive program to provide technical training for 6,000 students immediately. As a start towards its objective of doubling employment of model neighborhood residents in schools, Seattle would begin a project to hire 100 students as apprentices and tutors, and 200 adults in a New Careers program for education. These activities, combined with Youth Leadership Development and counselling, are designed to better prepare model neighborhood students for work. s ~veral activities are also aimed at increasing neighborhood participation in the schools, including a Model Neighborhood Educational Advisory council and an office to handle complaints or problems of teachers, pupils and parents. Welfare Seattle's welfare program is based on an assumption that the quality of social service is directly related to those requiring the service. Tying in closely with economic development, the welfare program aims to eliminate poverty in the model neighborhood, heighten the dignity, status and self-esteem of recipients and strengthen and coordinate social services. As a part of its coordination and concentration of social services, the city plans comprehensive day-care services for 5,000 children; neighborhood centers to coordinate social service delivery, and expanded services for the elderly. To test possible modifications in the welfare system that would offer incentives for reducing welfare rolls, the city proposes a Direct Income Grant Demonstration program for a limited number o f model neighborhood families. This is one of two in the nation under serious consideration by the Department of Health, Education and We lfare. As a means of improving communication between welfare recipients and the Wel fare Department, the program calls for special support to the ADC Motivated Mothers Council . Health The Health program focuses on delivery and increased use of health services by model neighborhood residents to achieve a level - mor e - �- 5 - of heal.th in th e neighborh o od c omp a r a bl e to th a t of the cily. On e appro a ch will be a multi-s e r v ice he a lth cente r with outrc ac l1 into the neighborhood through health stations that would provide 24-hour emergency treatment a nd transportation ser v ices. Another clement will involve Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound and Blue Cro s sBlue Shield with servic e s being financed throug h a pre p a id health insurance plan. The program also calls for a Detox ification Center to treat alcohol and drug abusers. All health activities in the neighborhood would be coordinated through a special Model Ne ighborhood Health Advisory Board. Law and Justice The probl e ms ment and tution a l Law and Justice program focuses on both the short-r a ng~ of easing racial and comrnuni ty tensions around l av; e n forcethe long-range impact of chang e s in the judicial and instis y stems. As a start toward increasing the minority repr e s e ntation on the police force, the city would establish a Public Safety Trainee program for residents, leading to a career in the Police Department. Other activities to improve police-community relations include paying officers for time spent in non-enforcement functions and employing reside nts in non-enforc e ment dut i es and a s observe rs to record police and resident interaction. To improve legal services for residents the city would e x pand the public defender system, and continue planning to provide legal help to the marginal poor, and work toward increasing the number of judgeships. Culture and Arts, Youth • The Arts and Culture program is designed to help give Negroes in the model neighboihood an opportunity for cultural ~d e ntity and to increa s e th e numbers of residents in art related careers . A priority project to start immediately is the conversion of a former synagogue into a multipurpos e neighborhood center with an auditorium for movies and the p e rforming arts, and space for other community activities including a Teen Canteen . Also planned immediatel y is an Afro-·Ame rican Arts Museum which would display the work of residents and well-known artists and include a bookshop and arts shop . The plan calls for a revised school curriculwn to include courses in African a r ts and culture. The Youth program f o cus e s o n e conomic lif e chanc es o f yo uth t h r ough a special emp loyment service and registry for part time job s . To p r omote man a g er i a l . s ki ll s th e pro g r aD pro po s es d eve lop ing bu s ines s es s uc h a s a youth-oper a t e d Maintena n ce Serv ic e tha t wo ul d con t ract wi th l o c a l b u s i ne s ses a n d a9 artm2n t b u i ldi ngs and a Yo uth Tr a n s p or t Service to prov ide minibu s s e rvice to th e mo del ne ig hb o rh o od. 


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�/G~ EWS U.S . DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT WASHINGTON D.C. 20410 HUD-No. 69-0355 Phone (202) 755-6980 HUD TENDERS MODEL CITIES CONTRACT TO WACO, TEXAS FOR RELEASE: A. M. Papers Saturday May 10, 1969 Secretary George Romney, of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, today announced the tender of a $2,642,000 Model Cities Contract to Waco, Texas. Waco has also been given assurances for substantial funds from other programs administered by HUD, and by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, the Department of Labor,and the Office of Economic Opportunity. Today's action by Secretary Romney will enable the city to begin the first year action phase under its comprehensive five-year Model Cities program. State, local and private resources will also be used by the city in its concentrated, coordinated attack on .the serious social, economic and physical problems within the Model Cities area. Of the $2 ,642, 000 in Model Cities supplemental funds, approximately $500,000 will be used to generate some $2,600,000 in capital construction, Secretary Romney said. HUD has approved a $1,500,000 sanitary sewer project, and e x pects to approve $200,000 for a neighborhood facility, an urban renewal program and 100 units of public housing. HEW has stated that, in addition to substantial HEW funds which presently provide health, education and welfare services to the Waco Model Cities area, HEW agencies have indicated the potential availability of $663,700. HEW will continue its ongoing efforts with the City of Waco to make these funds available to carry out the Waco plan, to the extent possible under existing program legislation. Included are programs for higher educational activity, the Teacher Corps, maternal and infant care , comprehensive health planning, rehabilitation research and training, and treating the mentally retarded. A total of $2 , 087 , 000 for a concentrated Employment Program in Waco , funded by the Department of Labor ,wi ll provide work training, work experience and other manpower services for Model cities area residents. - more - �HUD-No. 69-0355 - 2 - The Office of Economic Opportunity indicated that it expects to maintain the present $621~ 000 level of annual funding for Community Action Program activity within the Waco Model Cities area. Secretary Romne y , who is the Chai r man of the President's Cabinet Committee on Vo l untary Action, noted the extensive private involvement in the Waco program . Besides the contributions of private groups in the planning process, which is expected to grow during the action stage, volunteer help is available from such organizations as the McLennan County Medical Society, the American Institute of Architects, the United Fund and the Alta Corporation. The County Medical Society is contributing $13,600 towards a coordinated health program. The Alta Corporation is sponsoring a minority h ome builder to build 1 4 dwelling units in a Residents Homebuilders project . "The largest volunteer contribution has been the neighborhood residents themselves," Secretary Romney said. Commenting on the decision to tender a contract, Secretary Romney explained that this was done after a careful review of the Waco comprehensive plan . The plan was thoroughl y studied and analyzed both b y the Regional and Washington Interagency Review Committees representing those Federal Departments and Agenc i es with urban aid p r ograms . "During the past several months, Waco has done an e x cellent job in revising its proposals and improving its capability to operate in the first y ear action prog r;:, m," he said . "Other comprehensive plan approvals and contr ac t tenders are following a similar p r ocess a nd addit i o n al announceme nts will be made o v er the n ext sev era l week s . " A total of 150 communities in 45 States , the District of Columbi a a n d Puerto Rico a re participating in the Model Cit i es program . Th e f ir st a pplications for plann ing grants were app r oved in No vembe r 1 9 6 7 . At tached is a summary o f Wa c o ' s comprehen s iv e p l an which i n c l udes de s cript ions of firs t y ear ac tion p r og r ams using Model Cities supplemental fun ds . Fo r further informatio n : Jame s J. Miller Model Citi e s Office City Hall Wac o , Texas 767 0 1 (817) PL3 - 2441 Honorable Howard Dudgeon Mayor , City Hall Waco , Texas 76701







�WACO, TEXAS Some 15,000 people, or 14 percent of the population live in the Waco model neighborhood, with about two-thirds Negro and one-third white and Mexican-American. The unemployment rate in the target area ·is three times the rest of the city, while 63 percent of the housing is considered substandard. About 50 percent of the adults have less than a high school education, and about 40 percent of the families earn less than $3,000. Citizen Participation Developing Waco's five year program involved nine task forces working closely with six model neighborhood citizen boards, independent organizations, volunteer groups and city, State and Federal agencies. More than 500 citizens participated in planning the Waco program. More than 400 meetings were held with model neighborhood residents and task force planning committees. city Demonstration Agency staff comprising three professionals and seven persons assigned from local organizations worked closely with a Model Cities Commission and Model Neighborhood Boards to develop the final plan submitted to City council. Five Year Program Waco's five year program is aimed at correcting the phy sical blight in the area while improving its social and educational conditions. To accomplish this, Waco seeks to involve private enterprise and public support. The major elements of the program are directed at improving housing through the construction of 400 new units by private enterprise and non-profit corporations, while up-grading resident employment a nd training opportunities. The model neighborhood residents gave first priority to improving drain age facilities and s treet conditions in the area. The second priority is in education, and calls for curriculum development and improving educational opportunities for pre-school children . Other program elements include improving medical and social services with f ull emphasis on developing training opportunities in pre- professi onal positions for residents by coordination with city, county, and State non-profit organizations. A new health and extended medical services program has been designed ~ PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Employment The Concentrated Employment Program (CEP) will be used to help reduce an unemployment rate of 9 percent for men and 7 percent for women. Other work-training programs will provide residents �- 2 - with an opportunity to participate in developing businesses. Planned for the future is a Work Skills Development program operated by James Connally Technical Institute which will provide vocational as well as academic training for entire families who will live on the campus. During the first year, CEP activities will include a New Careers program, adult basic education, vocational and technical training and on-the-job training. Education The basic program approach in education is to develop a comprehensive pre-school educational program and expand vocational technical training. The curriculum of the model neighborhood schools will be reformed through the use of computer assisted instructional programs and Instructional Media Resources Centers. A communication mobile unit in the target area will help students with learning problems by providing aid in such basic skills as reading, writing, and speech. Several programs are proposed for upgrading teacher skills, including an instructional laboratory for training teachers to work with disadvantaged children. A cross-Over Program to help teachers recognize the social and educational problems of students involved in desegregation would be expanded. Also planned is an Experienced Teacher Fellowship Program at Baylor University offering university courses to 30 teachers to increase their skills needed to teach the disadvantaged. During the first year computer terminals will be installed in three area schools to carry out the instructional program. An Occupational Skills Analysis Laboratory which will provide special instruction through video tapes, will also be started. Social Services Social services programs are directed principal l y at coordinating services of numerous social agencies and in improving their accessibility to residents. The social services corr~onent will also deal with developing welfare aid and employment oppor tunities within its services. A Foster Grandparent program and a nutritional program will serve the elderly. Other first year activities include a Homemaker Service for the elde rly and disabled, and an Extensive counselling Program for y oung women and husbands of planned parenthood clients. Health The principal health components include health care for the elderly, visiting nurses services in the home, and extending family planning services. The Medical Society will help develop �----- - ~ - 3 - a continuity of care concept through a medical education program. This program is intended to bring about b etter coordination of all health programs and providing medical training opportunities for model neighborhood residents. A Family Physician Program will reorganize and coordinate health services and recruit doctors to Waco and to staff model neighborhood facilities . Also included in the plan are a Detox ification Center fo r Alcoholics and Mental Hea l th-Mental Retardation S e rvic es . During the first year, construction of the Mental Health facility will begin. Two school health programs focusing on medical e x aminations for mode l neigborhood students and Health , Sex, and Drug Educati on will also start immedi a tely . Law Enforcement Juvenile services and improved police community relations are emphasized in this component. Specific first year activities include a Police Science Libr ary to supplement a n exis t ing degree p r o gr am f o r l aw en f orcement o f fice r s and expans ion o f a Juven il e Po lice Bureau t o in i ti a t e a del i nquency prevent i on p r ogram. Recreation The recreati on progr am calls for community cente rs and dev eloping programs in c rafts and cu l tural enr ichment. Model n eighb orhood res idents wi ll be emp l o ye d in the p r og r a m. Pl a ns a l s o c all f o r devel opin g re c reation fa ci lities o n the Brazos Riv er wh i ch runs t h rough the model neighborhood. Phy sic al Planning Ar eas This comp onen t o f the Waco p r o gram i s aime d a t up- gr a d ing existing physical c o nd itions s uch as streets, housing a nd community facilities and providing new facilities wh ere need ed. Three elemen ts are e mphas ized - - urban design , h ousing , a n d public f ac iliti es. The goa l of the urban d esign component i s p roper l and use, including commercial, i ndus t rial and hous i ng facilities, and a transportati on system meeting the needs of the model neighborhood residents. An Urban Design Center is prop o sed to bridge the gaps in design, as well as provide technic al assistance to model neighborhood residents involved in this phase of the program . The center will feature visual aids which will show existing physical conditions in the area as well as project f uture goals a nd concepts �- 4 - to be achieved in the Model Cities program. Waco proposes to use the new Neighborhood Development Program for physical renewal of the target area. The goal of the housing component is suitable new and rehabilitated standard housing for all model neighborhood residents at prices they can afford. Some 400 new housing units through public and private resources are proposed. First year activities include street construction, a sanitary sewer project, construction of drainage systems, a coordinated code enforcement project and a study of user needs for low-income housing in the model neighborhood. Also planned is a Resident Homebuilder project which would combine construction of 14 new homes with training a minority resident to establish a homebuilding firm. �1'b May 8, 1969 Dr. John Letson, Su rint n en-t Atlant Public Sehool Admini tr tion Office 224 Central Av u tl t , rgi Dar Dr. Letsonc On y 8 A visor with r c iv d mm in a 11, rom Mr . Oscar Mims, w sb.ington, ich confirm d ucation r c t con- had from th a gion l Offic of ucation. Mr. Mim t th t th Offic of duc::ation ha ark 386,000 for Atl t • 1 Citi Progr • 'l"h fund• d sign ted for four education l progr ar as. tr ining) $50,000 2 0,000 71,000 l ,000 y 12 with Mr. Bill P rg nd, th d th rrison of your ta.ff fun nd. We to vi a.UM.1.1,..t&ciatr tio • tanc • ction to th cities d �e look forward to continu clo er lation hip with th Bo d of ducat ion th oi ty . into impl ~tion of th Model Citi plans. Sin -~ r ly your. Johnny c. Johnson. Director cc: Mayor Ivan 11 n. Jr. Dr. u 1 rri on �HU D .96 (7 .66) UNITED STATES GOV ERNMENT Memorandum TO See addressees below I, . FROM SUBJECT: DEPi\RTt--1ENT O F HOUS l TG AND U R BAN DE VEL O Pt\'l ENT Wal Mod April 28 , 1 969 In r ep ly refe r t o : 4 ~-4~ I/ G 1\ D ATE: Jr. rt\,!s A .inistration Letter to Model City Mayor s on Secreta r y Romney' s Stat ement on t h e Model Citie s Pr ogram We have s ent t oday a lett er with the following t ext t o the mayors or chief executive of ficers of all mode l citie s. I wanted to be s ure you have a copy of Secr etar y Romney ' s s t atement on t he Model Citi es program . With thi s strong Presidentia l endor sement you can be assured of all possibl e support t o your efforts t o improv e the qua lity of l ife of your disadva nt aged citi zens. The progr am i mprovement s endorsed by President Nixon s hould make our joint efforts more effective . Representatives of our Regional Of f.i'ces will be worki ng with you and your CDA staff to make sure that your city ' s program take s full adva nt age of these new program approaches . Sev er a l copi es of the Secretary' s statement a r e i nclosed for your information. We s uggest t hat CDA Di rectors make at least one copy available to their citizen part icipation structure as soon as possible, in order to avoid pot ential misunderstandings which might result f rom any i ncomplete reports of the statement . Director Enclosure Addressees: CDA Directors Regional Administrators Attn: Assistant Regional Administrators for Model Cities Governor's Repre sent at i v es Washington Interagency Committee Regional Interagency Coordinating Committee Model Cities Professional Staff �ws .S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING A D URBAN DEVELOPMENT WASHINGTON D . C . 20410 HUD No. 69-0321 Phone: (202) 755-7327 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, April 28, 1969 SECRETARY ROMNEY'S STATEMENT ON MODEL CITIES The Model Cities program is an ambitious effort. It seeks to coordinate a vast array of Federal programs, to concentrate their impact on specific depressed urban neighborhoods, and to make local governments stronger and more flexible. My Ccmmittee on Model Cities of the Council for Urban Affairs has been intensively examining the program. Its study has shown that the program's goals are sound, but that there have been critical deficiencies in its administration which call for immediate correction. Among them: Federal agencies have not been sufficiently responsive to local proposals reflecting specific local conditions. In developing their proposals, local authorities have been hindered by uncertainty as to the amounts of funds that -would be available from the Federal departments. Few effective attempts have been made to secure the involvement of State governments. Federal guidelines have forced cities to set "model neighborhood" boundaries that often have been arbitrary, and that have created unnecessary divisions among Model Cities residents. �2 The President has approved the r ecommendations of the Urban Affairs Council that the Model Cities program be revised in the following important respects: 1. The Council for Urban Affairs will assume direct responsibility for inter-departmental policy affecting Model Cities. 2. Secretaries of the departments involved will have personal super vision of their departments' funding of Model Cities proposals , and will reserve program funds specifically for that purpose. This will ensure the availability of departmental funds for Model Cities, and will give local authorities a better idea of the amount and kind of funds they can expect from the various department s for their Model Cities plans. 3. Administration of t he program will be fed into the reo r ganization of the regional Federal offices, now und erway. One effect of this will be to facili- tate inter -departmental coordination at the regional level. In the past, variations among the Federal of fices in program procedures, headquarters locations, and structures of authority, have hand_icapped wellintentioned Feder al officials and confused local officials, thus ser iou s ly compromising the Model Cities program at the city level. 4. Greater efforts will be made t o involve the State governments in the Model Cities pr ogram. Lack of �3 State involvement has proven a critica l deficiency because many of the Federa l funds needed for Model Cities are administered through State agencies. Our aim will not be to add another administrative layer between the cities and the Federal Government, but to make better use of the States' resources, experience and perspective. Model Cities is intended to be and will remain a local government program centered upon the Mayor's office with a continued requirement for adequate citizen involvement. 5. The 10% population restriction on the size of the target neighborhoods will be dropped. This guideline has been administered haphazardly in the past and has hindered progress at the local level. Eliminating this guideline does not mean tha t the pr ogram will be expanded citywide within each city . Its pur pose will remain that of focusing resour ces on particularly poo r and blighted neighbor hoods, but loca l officials will be given gr eater latitude in drawing program boundar ie s that conform to local conditions . 6. Priority cons idera tion will be given to those cities that suc c ess f ully enlist t he participation of pr ivate and vol untar y organizations in their Model Cit i es pl ans . The increased flexibility in establishing program boundarie s wil l make it eas ier for these organizations to contribute. 7. Local governments will be asked to estab l ish clear priorities in developing t heir Model Cities proposals, �4 and to strive for "comprehensiveness" only in the programs' five-year planning cycle. Many cities have interpreted Model Cities legislation and administrative guidelines requiring a local "comprehensive" plan of attack on blight and poverty in their target neighborhoods as requiring proposals to immediately attack every conceivable problem within these neighborhoods. This obviously would be unworkable; what is important is that citr governments set clear priorities for attacking their problems so that they can make rapid and substantial progress toward solving their most urgent, rather than dissipating their resources in a vain effort to solve all. This Administration will completely scrutinize applications to eliminate unwise or unnecessary proposals. With these revisions, I feel that t he Model Cities program can help us to achieve two important goals -- a more rational and creative Federal-State-local system, and city governments that are more flexible and responsive to the needs of their citizens. We must realize that elimination of blight and poverty in our central cities cannot be accomplished overnight. It will be a hard and often frustrating struggle, but Model Cities does offer us the means of better using our present resources, and thus taking an important step in that direction. �,I .. I



I I I J 021126 EVDAA X 202724 13013 MSCDV316370 RAAUIJHZ RUEVDFH0006 1182004-tJt.JUY.--RUEVDAA. FM GEORGE CREEL DIR OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS DHUD WASH DC/HHFA/ TO RUEVDDAA/1/ REGL ADMIN DRUD ATLANTA GA ATTN: SPECIAL ASST FOR .··.PUBLIC AFFAIRS & ARA'S FOR MODEL CITIES BT THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT WAS ISSUED BY SECRETARY ROMNEY TO NEWS MEDIA AT 4 :00 PM APRIL 28. ASSISTANT SECRETARY HYDE WILL BE TELEPHONING EACH OF THE REGIONAL ,ADMINISTRATORS TO DISCUSS THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS STATEMENT WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. . II SECRETARY ROMNEY I s STATEMENT ON MODEL CITIES i, THE MODEL CITIES PROGRAM IS AN AMBITIOUS EFFORT. IT SEEKS .TO _ COORDINATE A VAST ARRAY OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS, TO CONCENTRATE THEIR IMPACT ON SPECIFIC DEPRESSED URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS, AND TO MAKE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS STRONGER AND MORE FLEXIB.r.E. MY COMMITTEE . ON MODEL CITIE~ OF THE COUNCIL FOR URBAN AFFAIRS HAS BEEN INTENSIVELY EXAMllNING · THE : PROGRAM. ITS STUDY.HAS SHOWN THAT THE PROGRAM'S GOALS ARE SOUND~ BUT THAT THERE HAVE BEEN CRITICAL DEFICIENCIES IN ITS ADMINISTRATION WHICH CALL FOR IMMEDIATE CORRECTION. AMONG THEM: AGEN€:IEJL HAVE N©'I'. BED : Str1,FICIENTLY RESPONSIVE · . TO LOCAL PROPOSALS REFLECTING SPECIFIC LOCAL CONDITIONS. --FGERAl, DEVELOPING THEIR PROPOSALS, LOCAL AUTHORI'l'IES HAVE BEEN HINDERED BY UNCERTAINTY AS TO TiiE AMOUNTS OF FUNDS THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE FROM THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS. =.::IN --FEW EFFECTIVE ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO SECURE THE INVOLVEMENT OF STATE GOVERNMENTS. --FEDERAL GUIDELINES HAVE FORCED CITIES TO SET "MODEL NEIGHBORHOOD" BOUNDARIES THAT OFTEN HAVE BEEN ARBITRARY, AND ~T HAVE CREATED UNNECESSARY DIVISIONS AMONG MODEL CITIES RESIDENTS. THE PRESIDENT HAS APPROVED THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE URBAN AFFAIRS COUNCIL THAT THE MODEL CITIES PROGRAM BE REVISED IN THE FOLLOWING IMPORTANT RESPECTS: ·l. THE COUNCIL FOR URBAN AFFAIRS WILL ASSUME DIRECT RESPONSIBILITY FOR INTER-DftARTMENTAL POLICY AFFECTING MODEL CITIES. 2 • . SECRETARIES OF THE DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED WILL HAVE PERSON.At . SUPERVISION OF THEIR DEPARTMENTS' FUNDING OF MODEL CI'JI ES PROPOSALS, AND WILL RESERVE PROGRAM FUNDS SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT PURPOSE. THIS WILL ENSURE THE AVAILABILITY OF DEPART- 1 MENTAL FUNDS FOR MODEL CITIES, AND WILL GIVE LOCAL AUTHORITIES A BETTER IDEA OF THE .AMOUNT AND KIND OF FUNDS THft CAN EXPECT FROM THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS FOR THFI R MODEL CITIES PLANS. �PAGE TWO RUEVDFH0006 1182004 3. , ADMINISTRAT!DON OF THE PROGRAM WILL BE FED INTO THE REORGANIZA- \ TION OF THE REGIONAL FEDERAL OFFICES, NOW UNDERWAY. ONE EFFECT \OF THIS WILL BE TO FACILITATE INTER-DEPARTMENTAL COORDINATION ~T THE REGIONAL LEVEL. IN THE PAST, VARIATIONS AMONG THE ~EDERAL OFFICES IN PROGRAM PROCEDURES, HEADQUARTERS LOCATIONS, ~ STRUCTURES OF AUTHORITY, HAVE HANDICAPPED WELL~INTENTIONED FEDERAL OFFICIALS MTD CONFUSED LO<:!AL OFFICIALS, THUS SERIOUSLY COMPROMISING THE MODEL CITIES PROGRAM AT THE CITY LEVEL. 4. GREATER EFFORTS WILL BE MADE TO INVOLVE THE STATE GOVERNMENTS IN THE MODEL CITIES PROGRAM. LACKOOF STATE INVOLVEMENT HAS PROVEN A CRITICAL DEFICIENCY BECAUSE MANY OF THE FEDERAL FUNDS NEEDED FOR MODEL CITIES ARE ADMINISTERED THROUGH STATE . AGENCIES. OUR AIM WILL NOT BE TO ADD ANOTHER ADMINISTRATIVE IAYER BETWEEN THE CITIES AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BUT TO MAKE BETTER USE OF THE STATES'RESOURCES, EXPERIENCE AND PERSPECTIVE 9 . MODEL CITIES IS INTENDED TO BE AND WILL REMAIN A LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAM CENTERED UPON THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WITH A CONTINUED REQUIREMENT FOR ADEQUATE CITI.ZEN INVOLVEMENT. 5. THE 10%.' POPULATION RESTRICTION ON THE SIZE OF THE TARGET NEIGHBORHOODS WILL BE DROPPED. THIS GUIDELI NE HAS BEEN . .. . . ~:J.U>MINISTERED HAPHAZARDLY IN THE PAST AND HAS HINDERED PROGRESS AT THE LO.GAL LEVEL. ELIMINATING THIS GUIDELINE DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE PROGRAM WILL BE EXPANDED CITYWIDE WITHIN EACH CITY. ITS PURPOSE WILL REMAIN THAT OF FOCUSING RESOURCES ON PARTICULARLY POOR AND BLIGHTED NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT LOCAL OFFICIALS WILL BE GIVEN GREATER LATITUDE IN DRAWING PROGRAM BOUNDARIES THAT CONFORM TO LOCAL CONDITIONS. 6. PRIORITY CONSIDERATION WILL BE GIVEN TO THOSE CITIES THAT SUCCESSFULLY ENLIST THE PARTICIPATION OF PRIVA~E AND VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS IN THEIR MODEL CITIES PLANS. THE INCREASED FLEXIBILITY IN ESTABLISHING PROGRAM BOUNDARIES WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO CIDNTRIBUTE. 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WILL BE ASKED TO ESTABLISH CLEAR PRIORITIES IN DEVELOPING THEIR MODEL CITIES PROPOSALS, AND TO STRIVE FOR "COMPREHENSIVENESS" ONLY IN THE PROGRAMS' FIVE-YEAR PLANNING CYCLE. MANY CITIES HAVE INTERPRETED MODEL CITIES LEGISLATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDELINES REQUIRffiG A. LOCAL "COMPREHENSIVE" PLAN OF ATTACK ON BLIGHT AND POVERTY IN THEIR TARGET NEIGHBORHOOD A S REQUIRING PROPOSALS TO I MMEDIATELY ATTACK EVERY CON- -OEIVABLE PROBLEM WITHIN THESE NEIGffBOimOODS~ ffl:tS O:BVIOUSLl' WOULD BE UNWORKABLE: 'WHAT IS I MPORTANT IS THAT CITY GOVERNMENTS SET CLEAR PRIORITIES FOR ATTACKING THEIR PROBLEMS SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE RAPID AND SUBSTAf..lTIAL PROGRESS TOWARD SOLVING THEIR MOST URGENT RATHER THAN DISSIPATING THEIR RESOURCES IN A VA:EN EFFORT TO SOLVE ALL o THI S ADMINSTRATION WILL COMPLETELY SCRUTINIZE APPLICA'I'IONS TO ELIMINATE UNWISE OR UNNECESSARY PROPOSALS o f �PAGE THREE RUEVDFH0006 118200 WITH THESE REVISIONS, I FEEL THAT THE MODEL CITIES PROGRAM CAN HELP US ·To ACHIEVE TWO IMPORTANT GOALS--A MORE RATIONAL AND CREATIVE FEDERAL-STATE-~AL SYSTEM, AND CITY GOVERNMENT.$ THAT ARE MORE FEEXIBLE AND RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF THEIR CITIZENS • . WE MUST REALIZE THAT ELIMINATION OF BLIGHT AND POVERTY IN OUR CENTRAL CITIES CANNOT BE ACCOMPLISHED OVERNIGHT. IT WILL BE A HARD AND OFTEN FRUSTRATING STRUGGLE, BUT MODEL CITIES DOES OFFER US THE MEANS OF BETTER USING OUR PRESENT RESOURCES, AND THUS TAKING AN IMPORTANT STEP IN THAT DIRECTION. " . NNNN 121126 EVDAA \ \ \ �X 021126 EVDAA 202724 13013 MSCDV310370 RAAUIJHZ RUEVDFH0006 1182004-UUUU--RUEVDAA. FM GEORGE CREEL DIR OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS DHUD WASH DC/HHFA/ TO RUEVDDAA/1/ REGL ADMIN DHUD ATLANTA GA ATTN: SPECIAL ASST FOR .: ·:.: :.PUBLIC AFFAIRS & ARA'S FOR MODEL CITIES BT THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT WAS ISSUED BY SECRETARY ROMNEY TO NEWS MEDIA AT 4:00 PM APRIL 28. ASSISTANT SECRETARY HYDE WILL BE TELEPHONING EACH OF THE REGIONAL . ADMINISTRATORS TO DISCUSS THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS STATEMENT WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. 11 SECRETARY ROMNEY'S STATEMENT ON MODEL CITIES" THE MODEL CITIES PROGRAM IS AN AMBITIOUS EFFORT. IT SEEKS TO COORDINATE A VAST ARRAY OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS, TO CONCENTRATE THEIR IMPACT ON SPECIFIC DEPRESSED URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS, AND TO MAKE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS STRONGER AND MORE FLEXIBI:,E. MY COMMITTEE ON MODEL CITIES OF THE COUNCIL FOR URBAN AFFAIRS HAS BEEN INTENSIVELY EXAMING THE PROGRAM. ITS STUDY HAS SHOWN THAT THE PROGRAM'S GOALS ARE SOUND. BUT THAT THERE HAVE BEEN CRITICAL DEFICIENCIES IN ITS ADMINISTRATION WHICH CALL FOR IMMEDIATE CORRECTION. AMONG THEM: --FEDERAL AGENf!I.E.S HAVE N0'E .B.EEN .Stnr.FICIENTLY RESPONSIVE TO LOCAL PROPOSALS- REFLECTING SPECIFIC LOCAL CONDITIONS. ~~IN DEVELOPING THEIR PROPOSALS, LOCAL AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN HINDERED BY UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE AMOUNTS OF FUNDS THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE FROM THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS. --FE.W EFFECTIVE ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO SECURE THE INVOLVEMENT OF STATE GOVERNMENTS. --FEDERAL GUIDELINES HAVE FORCED CITIES TO SET 11MODEL !llF.T~RBORHOOD" BOUNDARIES THAT OFTEN HAVE BEEN ARBITRARY, AND 'J.'J:iA'J.' liAVE CREATED UNNECESSARY DIVISIONS AMONG MODEL CITIES RESIDENTS. THE PRESIDENT HAS APPROVED THE RECO~DATIONS OF THE URBAN AFFIARS COUNCIL THAT THE MODEL CITIES PROGRAM BE REVISED IN THE FOLLOWING IMPORTANT RESPECTS: 1. THE COUNCIL FOR URBAN AFFAIRS WILL ASSUME DIRECT RESPONSIBILITY FOR INTER-DEPARTMENTAL POLICY AFFECTING MODEL CITIES. 2. SECRETARIES OF THE DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED WILL HAVE PERSONA~ SUPERVISION OF THEIR DEPARTMENTS' FUNDING OF MODEL CIT[ ES PROPOSALS, AND WILL RESERVE PROGRAM FUNDS SPECIFICALLY FOR\ THAT PURPOSE. THIS WILL ENSURE THE AVAILABILITY OF DEPART~ MENTAL FUNDS FOR MODEL CITIES, AND WILL GIVE LOCAL AUTHORITIES A BETTER IDEA OF THE AMOUNT AND KIND OF FUNDS THEY CAN EXPECT FROM THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS FOR THEIR MODEL CITIES PLANS. �PAGE TWO RUEVDFH0006 1182004 3. 4. ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROGRAM WILL BE FED INTO THE REORGANIZA·TION OF THE REGIONAL FEDERAL OFFICES, NOW UNDERWAY. ONE EFFECT \OF THIS WILL BE TO FACILITATE INTER-DEPARTMENTAL COORDINATION ~T THE REGIONAL LEVEL. IN THE PAST, VARIATIONS AMONG THE FEDERAL OFFICES IN PROGRAM PROCUDURES, HEADQUARTERS LOCATIONS, AND STRUCTURES OF AUTHORITY, HAVE HANDICAPPED WELL-.INTENTIONED FEDERAL OFFICIALS AND CONFUSED LOC?AL OFFICIALS, THUS SERIOUSLY COMPROMISING THE MODEL CITIES PROGRAM AT THE CITY LEVEL. GREATER EFFORTS WILL BE MADE TO INVOLVE THE STATE GOVERNMENTS IN THE MODEL CITIES PROGRAM. LACK'OF STATE INVOLVEMENT HAS PROVEN A CRITICAL DEFICIENCY BECAUSE MANY OF THE FEDERAL FUNDS NEEDED FOR MODEL CITIES ARE ADMINISTERED THROUGH STATE AGENCIES. OUR AIM WILL NOT BE TO ADD ANOTHER ADMINISTRATIVE LAYER BETWEEN THE CITIES AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BUT TO MAKE BETTER USE OF THE STATES 1 RESOURCES, EXPERIENCE AND PERSPECTIVE. MODEL CITIES IS INTENDED TO BE AND WILL REMAIN A LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAM CENTERED UPON THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WITH A CONTINUED REQUIREMENT FOR ADEQUATE CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT. S. THE 10%POPULATION RESTRICTION ON THE SIZE OF THE TARGET NEIGHBORHOODS WILL BE DROPPED. THIS GUIDELINE HAS BEEN .ADMINISTERED HAPHAZARDLY IN THE PAST AND HAS HINDERED PROGRESS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. ELIMINATING THIS GUIDELINE DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE PROGRAM WILL BE EXPANDED CITYWIDE WITHIN EACH CITY. ITS PURPOSE WILL REMAIN THAT OF FOCUSING RESOURCES ON PARTICULARLY POOR AND BLIGHTED NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT LOCAL OFFICIALS WILL BE GIVEN GREATER LATITUDE IN DRAWING PROGRAM BOUNDARIES THAT CONFORM TO LOCAL CONDITIONS. 6. PRIORITY CONSIDERATION WILL BE GIVEN TO THOSE CITIES THAT SUCCESSFULLY ENLIST THE PARTICIPATION OF PRIVATE AND VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS IN THEIR MODEL CITIES PLANS. THE INCREASED FLEXIBILITY IN ESTABLISHING PROGRAM BOUNDARIES WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO C©NTRIBUTE. 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WILL BE ASKED TO ESTABLISH CLEAR PRIORITIES IN DEVELOPING THEIR MODEL CITIES PROPOSALS, AND TO STRIVE FOR "COMPREHENSIVENESS" ONLY IN THE PROGRAMS' FIVE-YEAR PLANNING CYCLE. MANY CITIES HAVE INTERPRETED MODEL CITIES LEGISLATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDELINES REQUIRENG A :'.,LOCAL "COMPREHENSIVE" PLAN OF ATTACH ON BLIGHT AND POVERTY IN THEIR TARGET NEIGHBORHOOD AS REQUIRING PROPOSALS TO IMMEDIATELY ATTACK EVERY CONCEIVABLE PROBLEM WITatN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS. Til!S OBVIOUSLY WOULD BE UNWORKABLE : WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS THAT CITY GOVERN-_ MENTS SET CLEAR PRIORITIES FOR ATTACKING THEIR PROBLEMS SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE RAPID AND SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS TOWARD SOLVING THEIR MOST URGENT RATHER THAN DISSIPATING THEIR RESOURCES IN A VAIN EFFORT TO SOLVE ALL. THIS ADMINSTRATION WILL COMPLETELY SCRUTINIZE APPLICATIONS TO ELIMINATE UNWISE OR UNNECESSARY PROPOSALSo �PAGE THREE RUEVDFH0006 118200 WI~H THESE REVISION, I FEEL THAT :THE MODEL CITIES PROGRAM CAN HELP US U-10 ACHIEVE TWO IMPORTANT GOALS--A MORE RATIONAL AND CREATIVE FED~RAL-STATE-LOCAL SYSTEM, AND CITY GOVERNMENTS THAT ARE NONE FDE~~BLE AND RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF THEIR CITIZENS. WE MUST REALIZE THAT ELIMINATION OF BLIGHT AND POVERTY IN OUR CENTRAL CITIES CANNOT BE ACCOMPLISED OVERNIGHT. IT WILL BE A HARD AND OFTEN FRUSTRATING STRUGGLE, BUT MODEL CITIES DOES OFFER US THE MEANS OF BETTER USING OUR PRESENT RESOURCESr AND THUS TAKING AN IMPORTANT STEP IN THAT DIRECTION." NNNN 121126 EVDAA �• lf 021126 EVDAA 202724 13013 MSCDV316370 RAAUIJHZ RUEVDF'H0006 1182004-UUCTU:-- RUEVDAA. FM GEORGE CREEL DIR OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS DHUD WASH DC/HHE'A/ TO RUEVDDAA/1/ REGL ADMIN DHUD ATLANTA-GA ATTN: SPECIAL ASST · · . -~·PUBLIC AFFAIRS & A._AA' S FOR MODEL CITIES BT FOR THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT WAS ISSUED BY SECRETARY ROMNEY TO NEWS MEDIA AT 4 :00 PM APRIL 28. ASSISTl\..N'I1 SECRETARY HYDE WILL BE TELEPHONING EACH OF THE REGIONAL ADMINISTRATORS TO DISCUSS THE IMPLICATIONS OP THIS STATEi"\IBN'l' vr.tTHIN '!1IIB NEXT FEW DAYS. · "SECRE'1'A..~Y .ROMNI!."'Y'S STATEY.LENT ON MODEL CITIESi' · THE MODEL CITIES PROGRAM IS Af~ AflBITIOUS EFFORT. IT SEEKS TO . COORDINATE A VAST ARRAY OF FEDERAL PROGRAl"\1S , TO CONCENTRATI.' THEIR IMPACT ON SPECIFIC DEPRESSED URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS, AND TO i~~E LOCllJ. GOVERNMENTS STRONGER AND MORE FLEXIBLE. MY COMMITTEE . ON MODEL CITIE!, OF THE COUNCIL FOR URBAN AFFAIRS HAS BEEN INTENSIVELY EXAM]NING THE PROGRAM . ITS STUDY. HAS SHOWN 'l HAT THE PROGRAM' S GOALS ARE SOUND, BUT THAT THERE HAVE BEEN CRITICAL DEFICIENCIES IN ITS ADMINISTRATION WHICH CALL FOR IMMEDIATE CORREC'l,ION. AMONG THEM : 1 -.:.F~OERAL AGEN€IRS _HAVE !110T BEEN :.SUF,FICIENTLY RESPONSIVE · . TO LOCAL PROPOSALS REFLECTING SPECIFIC LOCAL CONDITIONS . =~IN DEVELOPING THEIR PROPOSALS, LOCAL AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN HINDERED BY UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE AMOUNTS OF FUNDS THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE FROM THE FEDERAL DEPARTMEN'l'S . ·--FEW EFFECTIVE ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO SECURE i ' tlE INVOLVEMENT OF STATE GOVERNMENTS. --FEDERAL GUIDELINES HAVE FORCED CITIES TO SET "MODEL NEIGHBORHOOD" BOUNDARIES THAT OFTEN HAVE BEEN ARBITRARY, AND THAT HAVE CREATED UNNECESSARY DIVISIONS AMONG MODEL .CITIES .RESIDENTS. . THE PRESIDENT HAS APPROVED THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE URBAN AFFAIRS COUNCIL THAT THE MODEL CITIES PROGRAM BE REVISED IN THE FOLLOWING IMPORTANT RESPECTS: ·l . THE COUNCIL FOR URBAN AFFAIRS WILL ASSUME DIRECT RESPONSIBILITY FOR INTER-DRPARTMENTAL POLICY AFFECTING MODEL CITIES. 2. , SECRETARIES OF THE DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED WILL HAVE PERSONAL , ·· -. SUPERVISION OF THEIR DEPARTMENTS I FUNDING OF MODEL CITr ES . PROPOSALS, AND WILL RESERVE PROGRAM FUNDS SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT PURPOSE. THIS WILL ENSURE THE AVAILABILITY OF DEPART-, MENTAL FUNDS FOR MODEL CITIES, AND WILL GIVE LOCAL AUTHORITIES A BETTER IDEA OF THE . AMOUNT AND KIND OF FUNDS THEY CAN EXPECT FROM THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS FOR TH.EC R MODEL CITIES PLANS. �PAGE TWO RUEVDFH0006 1182004 3. , ADMINISTRA'I'[ON OF THE PROGRAM WILL BE E'ED I1>.7TO THE REORGANIZA""." \ TION OF THE REGIONA.L FEDEP~JH., OFF.I CBS, NOW UNDERWAY. ONE EFFECT \OF THIS WILL BE TO FACILITATE IN'l1 ER-DEPART!vIBNTAL COORDINATION AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL. IN THE PAS.T, VARIATIONS AMO:NG THE I FEDERAL OFFICES IN PROGRll..M PROCEDURES, HEADQUAJ~TERS LOCATIONS, AND STRUCTURES OF AUTHORITY, HAVE HA.i.~DICAPPED WELL.=.INTENTIONED FEDERAL OF'FICIALS AND CONFUSED L0<2AL OFFICIP-J.iS, THUS SERIOUSLY COMPROMISING THE MODEL CITIES PROGRAM AT THE CITY LEVEL. -1. GREATER EFFORTS WILL BE MADE TO INVOLVE THE STATE GOVERNfv!EUT S IN THE MODEL CITIES PROGRAM. LACKCOF STATE INVOLVEMENT HAS PROVEN A CRITICAL DEFICIENCY BECAUSE M.l\NY OF THE FEDERAL FUNDS NEEDED FOR MODEL CITIES ARE ADMINISTERED THROUGH STATE .. AGENC!EG OUR AIM WILL NOT BE TO ADD .Al-:rOTHER ADMINISTRATIVE" LAYER. BETWEEN THE CITIES AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BUT TO PAT<E B.E~TER USE OF THE STATES I RESOURCES, EXPERifil.TCE AND PE.RSPEC_:: TIVE~ . !,!ODEL CITIES IS INTENDED TO BE AND WILL REMAIN A LOCAL GOVERNMEN'l' PROGRAM CENTERED UPON THE MAYOR ' S OFFICE WITH A . CONTINUED REQUIREME~"'T FOR ADEQUATE CI TI.ZEN INVOLVEMENT. o THE 10%' POPUL.i\'I'ION RESTRICTION ON THE SIZE OF THE TARGET NEIGHBORHOODS "WILL BE DROPPED. THIS GUIDELINE HAS BEEN ~:,;,'-.~:ADMINISTERED HAPHA.Z.ARDLY IN THE PAST AND HAS _HINDERED PROGRESS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. ELIMINATING THIS GUIDELINE DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE PROGRAM WILL BE EXPANDED CITYWIDE WITHIN EACH CITY. 5. ITS PURPOSE WILL REMAIN THAT OF FOCUSING RESOURCES ON PARTICULARLY POOR AND BLIGHTED NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT LOCAL OFFICIALS WILL BE GIVEN GREATER LA'I'ITUDE IN DRAWING PROGRAM BOUl\TDARIES THAT CONFORM TO LOCAL CONDITIONS. \ I 6. PRIORITY CONSIDERATION WILL BE GIVEN TO THOSE CITIES THAT SUCCESSFULLY ENLIST THE PARTICIPATION OF PRIVATE AND VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS IN THEIR MODEL CITIES PLANS. THE INCREASED FLEXIBILITY IN ESTABLISHING PROGRAM BOUNDARIES WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO C©NTRIBUTE. 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WILL BE ASKED TO ESTABLISH CLEAR PRIORITIES IN DEVELOPING THEIR MODEL CITIES PROPOSALS, AND TO STRIVE FOR "COMPREHENSIVENESS" ONLY IN THE PROGRAMS' FIVE-YEAR PLANNING CYCLE. MANY CITIES HAVE INTERPRE'rED MODEL CITIES LEGISLATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDELINES REQUIRING A. LOCAL "COMPREHENSIVE" PLAN OF ATTACK ON BLIGHT AND POVERTY IN THEIR TARGET NEIGHBOR~ HOOD AS REQUIRING PROPOSALS TO I.MM.EDV.TELY ATTACK EVERY CONCEIVABLE PROBLEM WITE-1IN THESE NEIGfillORI-IOODS. ·'I'!-I:tS OBVIOUSLY WOULD BE UNWORKABLE: WHAT IS IMPORTA1fl IS THAT CITY GOVERNMENTS SET CLEP-..R PRIORITIES FOR ATTACKING THEIR PROBLEMS SO-THAT THEY CAN MAKE RAPID AND SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS TOWARD SOLVING THEIR MOST URG~'NT RATHER THAN DISSIPATING THEIR RESOURCES IN A VAIN EFFORT TO SOLVE ALL. THIS ADMINSTRATION WILL COMPLETELY SCRUTINIZE APPLI CA'I'IONS TO ELIMINATE UNWISE OR UNNECESSARY PROPOSALSo J 1 �PAGE THREE RUEVDFR0006 118200 WITH THESE REVISIONS, I FEEL THAT THE MODEL CI TIES PROGR&~ CAN HELP US ·To ACHIEVE TWO IM.PORT.l-\NT GO.A.LS--A MORE RATIONAL AND CREATIVE FEDERAL-STATE-·LOCAL SYSTEM , AND CITY GOVERNMENTS THAT ARE MORE FDEXIBLE AND RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF THEIR CI TIZENS • . WE MUST REALI ZE THAT ELIMINI-iTION OF BLIGH'I' AND POVERTY IN OUR CENTRAL CITIES CANNO'I BE ACCOMPLISHED OVERNIGHT. IT WILL BE A HARD AND OFTEN FRUSTRATING STRUGGLE, BUT MODEL 9ITIES DOES OFFER US THE MEANS OF BETTER USI NG OUR PRESENT RESOURCESP AND Th--US TAKING 1 AN IMPORTAN'I' S'1.'EP IN 'J~HAT DIRECTION. " . NNNN 121126 EVDAA. ..



I \ \ \ �X 021126 EVDAA 202724 13013 MSCDV310370 RAAUIJHZ RUEVDFH0006 1182004-trlJUU--RUEVDAA. FM GEORGE CREEL DIR OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS DHUD WASH DC/HHFA/ TO RUEVDDAA/1/ REGL ADM.IN DHUD ATLANTA GA ATTN: SPECIAL ASST FOR · : . ..:;PUBLIC AFFAIRS & ARA'S FOR MODEL CITIES BT THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT WAS ISSUED BY SECRETARY ROMNEY TO NEWS MEDIA AT 4:00 PM APRIL 28. ASSISTANT SECRETARY HYDE WILL BE TELEPHONING EACH OF THE REGIONAL _ADMINISTRATORS TO DISCUSS THE IMPLICA'I IONS OF THIS STATEMENT WITHIN rr1HE NEXT FEW DAYS. -- 1 • II SECRETARY ROMNEY I s STATEYJ.ENT ON MODEL CITIES II - THE MODEL CITIES PROGRAM IS AN AMBITI OUS EFFORT. IT SEEKS _TO . COORDINAT·.B A VAST ARRAY OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS , TO CONCENTRATE THEIR IMPACT ON SPECI FIC DEPRESSED URBAlq NEIGHBORHOODS, AND TO MAKE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS STRONGER AND MORE FLEXIBLE. MY COMMITTEE . ON MODEL CI TIE$ OF THE COUNCIL FOR URBAN AFFAIRS HAS BEEN IN'I'ENSIVELY EXAM:tNING THE PROGRAM. . ITS S'!'UDY . HAS SHOWN THAT THE PROGRAM'S GOALS ARE SOUND, BUT THAT THERE HAVE BEEN CRITICAL DEFICI ENCIES IN ITS ADMINISTRATION WHICH CALL FOR IMMEDIATE CORRECTION. AlvlONG _THEM: AGEMCIE.9 . HAVE N0'F. BEEN ,_.StrF,FICIENTLY RESPONSIVE · . TO LOCAL PROPOSALS REFLECTING SPECIFIC LOCAL CONDITIONS. -..:.FmOERiU, =~IN DEVELOPING THEIR PROPO SALS , LOCAL AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN HINDERED BY UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE AMOUNTS OF FUNDS THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE FROM THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS . l' J EFFECTIVE ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO SECURE THE INVOLVEMENT OF STATE GOVERNMENTS. ·-~FEW l I I I --FEDERAL GUIDELINES HAVE FORCED CITIES TO SET "MODEL NEIGHBORHOOD" BOUNDARIES THAT OFTEN HAVE BEEN ARBITRARY, AND T~T HAVE CREATED UNNECESSARY DIVISIONS AMONG MODEL CITIES RESIDENTS. i THE PRESIDENT HAS APPROVED THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE URBAN AFFAIRS COUNCIL THAT THE MODEL CITIES PROGRAM BE REVISED IN THE FOLLOWING IMPORTANT RESPECTS: -1. THE COUNCIL FOR URBAN AFFAIRS WILL ASSUME DIRECT RESPONSIBILITY FOR INTER-DSPARTMENTAL POLICY AFFECTING MODEL CITIES . 2. , SECRETARIES OF THE DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED WILL HAVE PERSONAL ·, SUPERVISION OF THEIR DEPARTMENTS ' FUNDING OF MODEL CITC ES . PROPOSALS, AND WILL RESERVE PROGRAM FUNDS SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT PURPOSE. THIS WILL ENSURE THE AVAILABILITY OF DEPART-I MENTAL FUNDS FOR MODEL CITIES, AND WILL GIVE LOCAL AUTHORITIES A BETTER IDEA OF THE . AMOUNT AND KIND OF FUNDS THEY CAN EXPECT FROM THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS FOR THEt R MODEL CITIES PLANS . �1 · I ' PAGE TWO RUEVDFH0006 1182004 3 . -, ADlfJ.INI STRAT:OON OF THE PROGRAM. vvILL BE FED IN"F.O THE REORGANIZA""."' -\ TION OF THE REGIONAL FEDEP~L OFF.ICES, NOW UNDERWAY. ONE Ec'FECT ,OF THIS WILL BE TO FACILI'I1l1.TE IN'I'ER- DEPARTMENTAL COORDINATION AT TffE REGIONAL LBVEL. IN THE PAST, VARIATIONS AMONG rrlE FEDERAL OFFICES IN PROGRAM PROCEDURES, HEADQUARTERS LOCATIONS, AND STRUCTURES OF AUTHORITY, HP..VE HZ-\NDICAPPED WELL~INTENTIONED FEDERAL OJJ'FICIALS AND CONF USED LOGAL OFFICIALS, THUS SERIOUSLY COMPROM..1SING THE MODEL CITIES PROGRAM AT THE CITY LEVEL. I I ~. GREATER EFFORTS 'WILL BE Ml>J)E TO INVOLVE THE STATE GOVERNMEN'l.1S IN THE MODEL CITIES PROGRAM. LACKOOF STATE INVOLVEMENT HAS PROVEN A CRITICAL DEFICIENCY BECAUSE ~.AN"'Y OF THE FEDERAL FUNDS NEEDED FOR MODEL CITIES l~RE AD.MINISTERED THROUGH STATE __ AGENCI ES. OUR AIM WILL NOT BE '!:J F..DD ANOTHER ADMINISTRATIVE LAYER BETWEEN THE CITIES AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BUT TO MA..l(E BETTER USE OF THE S':PATES 'RB SOURCES , K-CPERIENCE AND PE..~ SPEC.::_ TIVE~ MODEL CITIES IS INTENDED TO BE AND WILL REMAIN A LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAM CENTERED UPON THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WITH A - CONTINUED REQUIREMEN'l1 FOR ADEQUl-\TE CI'.J:lI-ZE'N INVOLVEMENT. 5. THE 10%' POPULA'I'IOliT RES~iRICTION ON THE SIZE OF THE TARGET NEIGHBORHOODS WILL BE DROPPED. THIS GUIDELINE HAS BEEN >..:,, ~1.ADMIN'.i STERED HAPH..1\ZARDLY IN •rHE PAST AND HAS HINDERED PROGRESS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. ELIMINATING THIS GUIDELINE DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE PROGRAM WILL BE EXPANDED CITYWIDE WITHIN EACH CITY. ITS PURPOSE WILL RE~JAIN THAT OF FOCUSING RESOURCES ON PARTICULARLY POOR Af..1]) BLIGHTED NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT LOCAL OFFICIALS WILL BE GIVEN GREATER LATITUDE IN DRAWING PROGRAM BOUNDARIES THAT _ CONFORM TO LOC...\L CONDITIONS. ) 6. PRIORI TY CONSIDERATION WILL BE GIVEN TO THOSE CITIES THAT SUCCESSFULLY ENLIST THE PARTICIPATION OF PRIVATE AND VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS IN THEIR MODEL CITIES PLANS. THE INCREASED FLEXIBILITY IN ESTABLISHING PROGRAM BOUNDARIES WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO CIDNTRIBUTE. 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WILL BE ASKED TO ESTABLISH CLEAR PRIORITIES IN DEVELOPING THEIR MODEL CITIES PROPOSALS, AND TO STRIVE FOR "COMPREHENSIVENESS" ONLY IN THE PROGRAMS' FIVE-YEAR PLANNING CYCLE. MANY CITIES HAVE INTERPRETED MODEL CITIES LEGISLA'rION AND ADMINI STRA.TIVE GUIDELINES REQUIRDTG A- LOCAL "COMPREHENSIVE 11 PLAN OF ATTACK ON BLIGHT A.i."'ID POVERTY IN THEIR TARGET NEIGHBOR~ HOOD AS REQUIRING PROPOSALS TO IMMEDIATELY ATTACK EVERY CONCEIVABLE PROBLEM WITHI!!-1 THESE NEf.GfiBo:a._-qooDS. ·ffii:S OBVIOUSLY. WOULD BE UNWORKABLE : WHA'.r IS IMPORTAN1 IS THAT CITY GOVERNMENTS SET CLEP-.R PRIORITIES FOR ATTACKING THEIR PROBLEMS SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE RAPID li.ND SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS TOWARD SOLVING THEIR MOST URGENT RATHER THAN DISSIPATING THEIR RESOURCES IN A VAIN EFFORT TO SOLVE ALL. THIS ADMINSTRATION WILL COMPLETELY SCRUTitrlZE APPLICA'I'I ONS TO ELIMINATE UNWISE OR UNNECESSARY f 1 PROPOS ALSo �PAGE 11-IREE RUEVDFH00 06 118200 WITH THESE REVISION S, I FEEL TEAT THE MODEL CITIES PROGRAM C~~ HELP US ·rro ACHIEVE TWO IMPORT1--L"f\J"T GOALS- -A MORE RATI ONAL AND CREATIVE FEDERAL-S'I'ATE-LOCAL SYSTE:ivl, AND C ITY GOVERNlfillNTS THAT ARE MORE F DEXIBLE AND RESPONSIVE T O THE NEEDS OF THEIR CI'I1IZENS. . WE .MUST REALIZE THAT ELIMINATI ON OF BLIGH'l' AND POVERTY IN OUR CENTRAL CITIES Cl-\.NNO'I' BE ACCOMPLISHED OVERNIGHT. IT WILL BE A HA.RD AND Olc"'TEN FRUS'I'RATING STRUGGLE, BUT MODEL CITI ES DOES OFFER US THE ME.ANS OF BET'I'ER USING OUR PRESENT RESOURCES t- AND THUS TAKING AN IMPORTAN'l' STEP IN 'I'.HAT DIREC'J.1I ON. " . NNNN 1211 26 EVDAA , i \ I \ \ \ \ �~ 021126 EVDAA · 202724 13013 MSCDV:316370 RMUIJHZ RUEVDFH0006 1182004-UUUU- - RUEVDAA. FM GEORGE CREEL DIR OF PU".!3LIC AFFAIRS DHUD WASH DC/HHFA/ TO RUEVDDAA/1/ REGL ADMIN DRUD ATLANTA GA ATTN: SPECIAL ASST FOR · : .:..:·.PUBLIC AFFAIRS & ARA' S FOR MODEL CITIES BT T"tlE FOLLOWING STATEMENT WAS ISSUED BY SECRETARY ROMNEY TO NEWS MEDIA AT 4:00 PM APRI L 28. ASSI STANT SECRETARY RYDE WILL BE TELEPHONING EACH OF THE REGI ONAL }IDMINISTRATORS TO DISCUSS THE IMPLICATIONS OF T HI S STATEME~"T w-:CTHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. • 11 SECRETARY ROMNEY ' S ST.A'.i:F.MENT ON MODEL CITIES i, . - THE MODEL CITIES PROGRAM IS ~.N AMBIT IOUS EFFORT . IT SEEKS TO . COORDINATE A VAST ARRAY OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS, TO CONCEi~RATE THEIR I MPACT ON SPECIFIC DEPRESSED URBhl~ NEIGHBORHOODS, AND TO MAI<E W C..l\L GOVERNMENTS STRONGER AND MORE FLEXI BLE v MY COMMI TTEE ON MODEL CITIES OF THE COUNCIL FOR URBAN AFFAI RS HAS BEEN I NTENSIVELY EXAMI NING· THE PROGRAM. ITS STUDY .HAS SHOWN THA.T THE PROGRAM'S GOALS ARE SOUND . BUT THAT THERE HAVE BEEN CRITICAL DEFICIENCIES IN ITS ADMINISTRZ\.TION WHI CH CALL FOR I MMEDI ATE CORRECTION. AMONG THEM : -..:.F~ERAL AGENCIES. HAVE J!-10'1'. BEEN :..S~FICIENTLY RESPONSI VE · . TO LOCAL PROPOSALS REFLECTING SPECIFIC LOCAL CONDITIONS. =~IN DEVELOPING THEIR PROPOSALS, LOCAL AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN HI NDERED BY UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE AMOUNTS OF FUNDS THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE FROM THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS. ·--FEW EFFECTIVE ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO SECURE THE INVOLVEMENT OF STATE GOVERNMENTS. --FEDERAL GUIDELI NES HAVE FORCED CITIES TO SET "MODEL NEI GHBORHOOD" BOUNDARI ES THAT OFTEN HAVE BEEN ARBITRARY, AND TI~T HAVE CREATED UNNECESSARY DI VI SIONS AMONG MODEL CI TIES RESI DENTS. THE PRESIDENT HAS APPROVED THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE URBAN AFFAI RS COUNCIL THAT THE MODEL CITIES PROGRAM BE REVISED IN THE FOLLOWING IMPORTANT RESPECTS : THE COUNCIL FOR URBAN AFFAIRS WILL ASSUME DIRECT RESPONSIBILITY FOR INTER-D~PARTMENTAL POLICY AFFECTING MODEL CITIES. l. 2 • ._ SECRETARIES OF THE DEPART~NTS INVOLVED WILL HAVE PERSONA!i <" ··


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GRENL'ER EFFORTS WILL BE .MADE TO INVOLVE THE STATE GOVERNMENT S IN THE MODEL CI'l'IES PROGRAM . LACKOOF STATE INVOL,lEM&!-rr HAS PROVEN A CRITICAL DEFICIENCY BECAUSE MANY OF THE FEDERAL FUNDS NEEDED FOR MODEL CIT I ES ARE ADMINISTERED THROUGH STATE .. AGENCIES. OUR AIM· WILL NOT BE TO ADD Ai~OTHER ADr-1INISTRiJ..'T.iVr~ LAYER BETWEEN 11HE CITIES AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BUT TO MAKE BETTER USE OF THE STATES'RESOURCES, EXPERI ENCE AND PERSPEC~ TIVE • . MODEL CITIES IS INTENDED TO BE AND WILL REMAIN A LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAM CENTERED UPON THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WITH A . CONTINUED REQUIREMENT FOR ADEQUATE CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT. 5. THE 10%' POPULA'f!ON' RES'r RICTION ON THE SIZE OF THE TARGET NEIGHBORHOODS WILL BE DROPPED. THIS GUIDELI NE HAS BEEN ~:;,"~1.ADMINI STERED HAPHAZARDLY IN THE PAST AND HAS HINDERED PROGRESS AT THE . LO.CAL LEVEL. ELIMINATING THIS GUIDELINE DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE PROGRAM WI LL BE EXPANDED CITYWIDE WI THIN EACH CI'rY. ITS PURPOSE WILL REMAIN TF..AT OF FOCUSING RESOURCES ON PARTICULARLY POOR AND BLIGHTED NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT LOCAL OFFICIALS WILL BE GIVEN GREATER LATITUDE IN DRAWING PROGRAM BOUNDARI E S THAT . CONFORM TO LOCAL CONDI TIONS. 1 I 6. PRIORI TY CONSIDERATION WILL BE GIVEN TO THOSE CITIES '!'=!AT SUCCESSFULLY ENLIST THE PARTICIPATION OF PRI VA~E AND VOLUNTARY ORGANI ZATIONS IN THEIR MODEL CITIES PLANS. THE INCREASED FLEXIBILITY IN ESTABLISHING PROGRAM BOUNDARIES WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO CIDNTRIBUTE. 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WILL BE ASKED TO ESTABLISH CLEAR PRIORI TIES IN DEVELOPING THEIR MODEL CITIES PROPOSALS, AND TO STRIVE FOR "COMPREHENSIVENESS" ONLY IN THE PROGRAMS' FIVE-YEAR PLANNING CYCLE. MANY CITIES HAVE INTERPRETED MODEL CITI ES LEGI SLATION AND ADMINI STRATIVE GUIDELINES REQUI RING A. LOCAL "COMPREHENSI VE" PLAN OF ATTACK ON BLI GHT AL~ POVERTY I N THEIR TARGET NEI GHBORHOOD AS REQUIRI NG PROPO SALS TO I MMEDIATELY ATTACK EVb"'RY CON- · - ~ CEIVAB LE PROBLEM WITHI!!-1 'l'HESE NEIGHBORHOODS. ffi!S OBVIOUSLY WOULD BE UNWORKABLE : 1ilHAT I S I MPORTAN1l1 I S THAT CI TY GOVERNMENrS SET CLEli-4~ PRIORITIES FOR ATTACKING THEIR PROBLEMS SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE RAPI D l illD SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS TOWARD SOLVING THEIR MOST URGENT RATHER THAN DISSI PATING THEIR RE SOURCES I N A VAIN EFFORT TO SOLVE ALL. THIS ADMINS'rRATI ON WILL COMPLETELY SCRUTINIZE APPLICA'I'IONS TO ELIMINATE UNWISE OR UNNECESSARY PROPOSALS . �PAGE THREE RUEVDF"cl0006 118200 WITH THESE REVISIONS, I FEEL THA'I' THE MODEL CITIES PROGRAM CAN HELP US ·To ACHIEVE TWO IMPORT.ANT GOALS--A MORE RATION2\L AND CREATIVE FEDERAL-STATE-LOCAL SYSTEM, AND CITY GOVERNMENTS THAT ARE MORE FLEXIBLE AND RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF 'rHEIR CI'I1IZENS . . WE MUST REALIZE THAT ELIMINATI ON OF BLIGHT AND POVERTY IN OUR CENTRAL CITIES CANNO'r BEACCO.MPLISHEDOVERNIGHT. r.t1 WILL BE A HARD AND OFTEN FRUSTRATING STRUGGLE, BUT MODEL QITIES DOES OFFER US THE MEANS OF BE'l'TER USING OUR PRESEN'r RESOURCES~ AND THUS TAKING AN IMPORTAN'I' STEP IN' 'l1 IIA'11 DIRECTION. " . NNNN 121126 EVDAA i '\ \ \ �.l X 021126 EVDAA 202724 13013 MSCDV31G3.70 RAAUIJHZ RUEVDFH0006 1182004~UUUU.--RUEVDAA. FM GEORGE CREEL DIR OF PUBLI C AFFAIRS DHUD WASH DC/HHFA/ TO RUEVDDAA/1/ REGL ADMIN DHUD ATL.l\NTA-GA A~TN: SPECIAL ASST FOR · · _.-·J?.TJBLIC AFFAIRS & ARA'S FOR MODEL CITIES BT THE FOLLOWING STATEJ.'iENT WAS ISSUED BY SECRETIL~Y ROMNEY TO NEWS .trJ.EDIA AT 4:00 PM APRIL 28. ASSISTANT SECRETARY HYDE WILL BE TELEPHONING EACH OF THE REGI ONAL _ADMINISTRATORS TO DISCUSS THE IMPLICATIONS OF THI S STATEMENT WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. · "SECRETARY .ROMNEY'S STP..TEM.ENT ON MODEL CITIESi' · THE MODEL CITIES PROGRAM IS AN AMBITIOUS EFFORT. IT SEEKS TO . COORDINATE A VAST ARRAY OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS, TO CONCE.i.~RATE THEIR IMPACT ON SPECIFIC DEPRESSED URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS, AND TO l~~.$B LOCAL GOVERNMENTS STRONGER AND MORE FLEXIBLE. l/fY COMMITTEE . ON MODEL CITIE$ OF THE COUNCIL FOR URBAN Jl.FFAIRS HAS BEEN IN'l1 ENSIVELY EXA..tvn;NING THE PROGRAM. ITS STUDY.HAS SHOWN THAT THE PROGRAM 'S GOALS ARE SOUND , BUT THAT THERE HAVE BEEN CRITICAL DEFICIENCIES IN ITS ADMINISTRATION WHICH CALL FOR IMMEDIATE CORRECTI ON. AMONG THEM : -.:.F:JilDERAL AGE?~€IE.S. HAVE N0T BEEN ,.SUFFICIENTLY RESPONSIVE · . TO LOCAL PROPOSALS REFLECTING SPECIFIC LOCAL CONDITIONS. ==IN DEVELOPING THEIR PROPOSALS, LOCAL AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN HINDERED BY UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE AMOUNTS OF FUNDS THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE FROM TUE FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS . ·--FEW EFFECTIVE ATTEMPrS HAVE BEEN MADE 1I'O SECURE ~.rtlE INVOLVEMENT OF STATE GOVERNMENTS. --FEDERAL GUIDELINES HAVE FORCED CITIES TO SET "MODEL NEIGHBORHOOD" BOUNDARIES THAT OFTEN HAVE BEEN ARBITRARY, AND T~T HAVE CREATED UNNECESSARY DIVISIONS AMONG MODEL CITIES RESIDENTS. THE PRESIDENT HAS APPROVED THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE URBAN AFFAIRS COUNCIL THAT THE MODEL CITIES PROGRAM BE REVISED IN THE FOLLOWING IMPORTANT RESPECTS: -1. THE COUNCIL FOR URBAN AFFAIRS WILL ASSUME DIRECT RESPONSIBILITY FOR INTER-DSPARTMENTAL POLICY AFFECTING MODEL CITIES. 2 • . SECRETARIES OF THE DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED WILL HAVE PERSONAL


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, SUPERVISION OF THEIR DEPARTMfill"'TS' FUNDING OF MODEL CI'lY ES . PROPOSALS, AND WILL RESERVE PROGRAM FUNDS SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT PURPOSE. THIS WILL ENSURE THE AVAILABILITY OF DEPART-I MENTAL FUNDS FOR MODEL CITIES, AND WILL GIVE LOCAL AUTHORITIES A BETTER IDEA OF THE . AMOUNT AND KIND OF FUNDS THEY CAN EXPECT FROM THE VARI.OUS DEPARTMENTS FOR THEI R MODEL CITIES PLANS. �PAGE TWO RUEVDFH0006 1182004 3. ADMINISTRA'l 'lDON OF THE PROGRAM 'WILL BE FED I11TO THE REORGMU ZA--:- '\TION OF THE REGIONAL FEDEP0,L OFFI CES, NOW UNDERWAY. ONE EFFECT \OF THIS WILL BE TO FACILI 'I'ATE I NTER-DEPARTMENTAL COORDINATION ~T THE REGIONAL LEVEL. IN THE PAST, VARIATIONS AMONG THE FEDERAL OFFICES IN PROGRAM PROCEDURES, HEADQUARTERS LOCATIONS, AND STRUCTURES OF AUTHORITY, H~.VE HAl~DICAPPED WELL~INTENTIONED FEDERAL OFFICIALS AND CONFUSED LOGAL OFFICIALS, THUS SERIOUSLY COMPROMISING THE MODEL CITIES PROGRAM AT THE CITY LEVEL. I GREATER EFFORTS WILL BE MZ\DE TO INVOLVE THE STATE GOVERNMENT S IN THE MODEL CITIES PROGP..AM . LACKOOF STATE INVOLVEMENT HAS PROVEN A CRI'I'ICAL DEFICIENCY BECAUSE MANY OF THE FEDERAL FUNDS NEEDED FOR MODEL CI'I' I ES A.'l:'?.E ADMINISTERED THROUGH STATE .. AGENCIES. OUR AIM WILL NOT BE 'I 0 ADD Ai'10 THER ADM.I.NI STRATIVE LAYER BETWEEN THE CITIES AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNI".i.ENT, BUT TO l'I.AKE .BETTER USE OF THE STATES 1 RESOURCES, EXPERI ENCE AND PERS PEC,:: 'I'IVJJ: • . tmDEL CITIES IS INTENDED TO BE AND WILL REMAIN A LOCAL GOVERNMEl\f'i' PROGRAM CEN'l.'ERED UPON THE .MAYOR I S OFFICE WI'l'H A . CONTINUED REQUIREMENT FOR ADEQUATE CI TI.ZEN INVOLVEMENT. 1 5. THE 10%: POPULA'I1ION RESTRICTION ON THE SIZE OF THE TARGET NEIGHBORHOODS WILL BE DROPPED. THIS GUIDELINE HAS BEEN ~-_;, "\:.ADMINISTERED HAPHAZARDLY IN rrHE PAST AND HAS HINDERED PROGRESS AT THE . LOCAL LEVEL. ELIMINATING THIS GUIDELINE DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE PROGRAM WILL BE EXPANDED CITYWIDE WITHIN EACH CITY. ITS PURPOSE WILL REMAIN THAT OF FOCUSING RESOURCES ON PARTICULARLY POOR AND BLIGHTED NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT LOCAL OFFICIALS WILL BE GIVEN GREATER LATITUDE IN DRAWING PROGRAM BOUNDARIES THAT CONFORM TO LOCAL CONDITIONS. \ 6. PRI0PITY CONSIDERATION WILL BE GIVEN TO THOSE CITIES THAT SUCCESSFULLY ENLIST THE PARTICIPATION OF PRIVA'EE AND VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS IN THEIR MODEL CITIES PLANS. THE INCREASED FLEXIBILITY IN ESTABLISHING PROGRAM BOUNDARIES WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO CIDNTRIBUTE. 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WILL BE ASKED TO ESTABLISH CLEAR PRIORITIES IN DEVELOPING THEIR MODEL CITIES PROPOSALS, AND TO STRIVE FOR "COMPREHENSIVENESS" ONLY IN THE PROGRAMS' FIVE-YEAR PLANNING CYCLE. MANY CITIES HAVE INTERPRETED MODEL CITIES LEGISLATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDELINES REQUI RrNG A- LOCAL "COMPREHENSIVE" PLAN OF ATTACK ON BLIGHT AND POVERTY IN THEIR TARGET NEIGHBORHOOD AS REQUIRING PROPOSALS TO I M!.JJ.EDI ATELY ATTACK EVERY CON- -CEIVABLE PROBLEM WITi-II!!-i THESE NEI GHBORI-IOODS . 'I1I:i:S OBVI OUSLY WOULD BE UNWORKABLE : WHAT IS IMPORTAN11 IS THAT CI TY GOVERNMENrS SET CLEll..R PRI ORI TIES FOR ATTACKI NG THEIR PROBLEMS SO-THAT THEY CAN MAKE RAPI D AND SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS TOWARD SOLVING THEIR MOST URGENT RATHER THAN DI SSI PATING THEIR RESOURCES IN A VAIN EFFORT TO SOLVE ALL. THI S ADMINSTRATION WILL COMPLETELY SCRUTINIZE APPLICA'I1I ONS TO ELI MINATE UNWISE OR UNNECESSARY f PROPOSALS o �PAGE THREE RUEVDFH0006 118200 WITH THESE REVISIONS , I FEEL THAT THE MODEL · CITIE S PROGRAM CAN HELP US ·To ACHIEVE TWO IMPORTANT GOALS--A MORE RZ~TIONAL AND CREA.TIVE FEDERAL-STATE-·LOCAL SYS'l'Ei."1, AND CITY GOVERNMENT S THA'r ARE MORE FDEXIBLE AND RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF THEIR CITIZENS • . WE MUST REALIZE THAT ELIMINATION OF BLIGHT AND POVERTY IN OUR CENTRAL CITIES Cl1..NNO'I! BE ACCOMPLISHED OVERNIGHT. IT WILL BE A HARD AND OFTEN FRUSTfil\.TI NG STRUGGLE, BUT MODEL CITIES DOES OFFER US THE lli.EJ.\..NS OF BETTER USING OUR PRESENT RESOURCES,, Al\1'1) THUS TAKING AN IMPORTAN'I' STEP IN 'fi-IAT DIRECTION. 11 NNNN 121126 E\"'DAA 1 J ! l i I \ \ \ -~- -------

. ------- - -· �~ 021126 EVDA./\ 202724 13013 MSCDV316370 RAAU!JUZ RUEVDE'H0006 1182004-UUUU- -RUEVDJ\..A. FM GEORGE CREEL DIR OF PUBLIC AF'FAIRS DRUD WASH DC/HHFA/ TO RUEVDDAA/1/ REGL ADMIN DHUD ATLANTA GA ATTN: SPECIAL ASST FOR · · •...:·PUBLIC AFFAIRS & ARA'S FOR MODEL CITIES BT THE FOLLOWING S'1.1ATIDI..ENT WAS ISSUED BY SECRETARY ROl'-1:tifEY TO Nt..WS MEDIA AT 4 :00 PM APRIL 28. ASSIS'fi\NT SECRETARY HYDE WILL BE TELEPHONING EACH OF THE REGIONAL J\DMINISTR..~TORS TO DISCUSS THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS STATEMENT WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. · "SECRETARY ROMNEY I S STATEYJ.El\fT ON MODEL CITIES i, CITIES PROGRAM IS AN AM.BITIOUS EFFORT. IT SEEKS _TO . COORDINATF. A VAST ARRAY OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS, TO CONCENTRATE THEIR IMPACT ON SPECIFIC DEPRESSED URBAN DTEIGHBORHOODS, 1'..ND TO MAKE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS STRONGER AND l• ORE FLEXIB.lf:,E. l-'I':l COMMITTEE . ON MODEL CITIES OF THE COUNCIL FOR URBAN AFFAIRS HAS BEEN INTENSIVELY EXA.MJ;NING · THE PROGRAM. ITS STUDY.HAS SHOWN THAT THE PROGRAM'S GOALS ARE SOUND, BUT THAT THERE HAVE BEEN CRITICAL DEFICIENCIES IN l:TS ADMINXSTRAT!ON WHICH CALL FOR IMMEDIATE CORRECTION. AMONG _THEM: . - THE MOD:(:;t, _ ..;.FE_OERAL AGEMCIE.S . HAVE N0T.-.BEEN, StmFICIENTLY RESPONSIVE . TO LOCAL PROPOSALS REFLECTING SPECIFIC LOCAL CONDITIONS. ==IN DEVELOPING THEIR PROPOSALS, LOCAL AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN THAT HINDERED BY UNCER_TAINTY AS TO THE AMOUNTS OF FUNDS WOULD BE AVAILABLE FROM THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS. ·-~FEW EFFECTIVE ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO SECURE THE INVOLVEMENT OF STATE GOVERNMENTS. --FEDER.AL GUIDELINES HAVE FORCED CITIES TO SET "MODEL NEIGHBORHOOD" BOUNDARIES THAT OFTEN HAVE BEEN ARBITRARY, AND T~T HAVE CREATED UNNECESSARY DIVISIONS AMONG 1"DDEL CITIES RESIDENTS. THE PRESIDENT HAS APPROVED THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE URBAN AFFAIRS COUNCIL THAT THE MODEL CITIES PROGRAM BE REVISED IN THE FOLLOWING IMPORTANT RESPECTS: ·l. THE COUNCIL FOR URBAN AFFAIRS WILL ASSUME DIRECT RESPONSIBILITY FOR INTER-DePARTMENTAL POLICY AFFECTING MODEL CITIES. 2. , SECRETARIES OF THE DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED WILL HAVE PERSONAt ' SUPERVISI ON OF THEIR DEPARTMENTS I FUNDING OF MODEL CIT.c ES ~-·· ; ·· PROPOSALS, AND WILL RESERVE PROGRAM FUNDS SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT PURPOSE. THIS WILL ENSURE THE AVAILABILITY OF DEPART-1 MENTAL FUNDS FOR MODEL CITIES, AND WILL GIVE LOCAL AUTHORITi ES A BETTER IDEA OF THE . AMOUNT AND KIND OF FUNDS THEY CAN EXPECT FROM THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS FOR THE: R MODEL CI TIES PLANS . ,-. �PAGE TWO RUEVDFH0006 1182004 3. ADMI NISTRAT~ON OF THE PROGRAM WILL BE FED INTO THE REORGA.i.~IZA' TION OF THE REGI ONAL FEDEF0L OFF.ICES, NOW UNDERWAY. ONE E?FECT \ ,OF THIS WILL BE TO FACILI'I'A'rE IN'l'ER-DEPART.MENTAL COORDI NATION AT Tl·lE REGIONAL LEVEL. IN THE PAST, VARIATIONS AMONG THE . FEDERAL OFFICES IN PROGRF-~M PROCEDURES, HEADQUARTERS LOCATIONS, Alm STRUCTURES OF AUTHORITY, r~~VE HAL~DICAPPED WELL=INTENTIONED FEDERAL OF'FICIALS AND CONFUSED LOGAL OFFICIJ\.LS, THUS SERIOUSLY COMPROMISING THE MODEL CITIES PROGRAM A'J..1 THE CITY LEVEL. I GREATER EFFORTS WILL BE !1ADE TO INVOLVE THE STATE GOVERNMENTS IN THE MODEL CITIES PROGP..AMo LACKOOF STATE INVOLVEMENT HAS PROVEl'i A CRITICAL DEFICIENCY BECAUSE MANY OF 'I'HE FEDERAL FUNDS NEEDED FOR MODEL CI'l'IES A.i.'Q.E ADM.!NISTERED THROUGH S'l.,ATE .. AGF..'NCIESo OUR AIM WILL NOT BE TO ADD Ai·mrrI--IER ADMINISTRATIVE LAYER BETWEEN THE CITIES AND ~':HE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BUT TO MAKE BETTER USE OF THE STATES 1 R~SOURCES, EXPERIENCE AND PER.SPEC= 'l1IVE. · MODEL CITIES IS INTENDBD r.1:10 BE AND WILL REMAIN A LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAM CJ,,JN""TERED UPON THE MAYOR ' S OFFICE WITH A CONTINUED REQUIREMENT FOR ADEQUATE CI TI.ZEN INVOLVEMENT. 5. THE 10%.' POPUL~TION RESTRICTION ON THE SIZE OF THE TARGET NEIGHBORHOODS WILL BE DROPPED. THIS GUIDELINE HAS BEEN


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AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. ELI!~INATING THIS GUIDELINE DOES NOT l..-IBAN THAT THE PROGRAM WT.LL BE EXPANDED CITYWIDE WITHIN EACH CITY. ITS PURPOSE WILL REMAIN THAT OF FOCUSING RESOURCES ON PARTICULARLY POOR AND BLIGHTED NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT LOCAL OFFICIALS WILL BE GIVEN GREATER LATITUDE IN DRAWING PROGRAM BOUNDARIES THAT CONFORM TO LOCAL CONDITIONS. J I 6. PRIORITY CONSIDERATION v'l!LL BB GIVEN TO THOSE CITIES THAT SUCCESSFULLY ENLIST THE PARTICIPATION OF PRIVA~ E AND VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS IN THEIR MODEL CITIES PLANS. THE INCREASED FLEXIBILITY IN ESTABLISHING PROGRAM BOUNDARIES WILL MAl<E IT EASIER FOR THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO CIDNTRIBUTE. 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WILL BE ASKED TO ESTABLISH CLEAR PRIORITIES IN DEVELOPING THEIR MODEL CITIES PROPOSALS, AND TO STRIVE FOR nCOMPREHF.NSIVENESS" ONLY IN THE PROGRAMS ' FIVE-YEAR PLANNING CYCLE. MANY CITIES HAVE INTERPRETED MODEL CITIES LEGI SLATION AND ADMINI STRATIVE GUIDELINES REQUIRING A" LOCAL "COMPREHENSIVE" PLAN OF ATTACK ON BLIGHT&~ POVERTY IN THEIR TARGET NEIGHBOR~ HOOD AS REQUIRING PROPOSALS TO IMMEDIATELY ATTACK EVERY CONCEIVABLE PROBLEM'. WITHIN THESE NEI GHBORHOODS. 'THIS OBVIOUSLY WOULD BE UNWORKABLE: WHJ-lT IS IMPORTAN'l.1 IS THAT CITY GOVERNMEN'l ' S SET CLEF-.R PRIORI TIES FOR ATTACKI NG THEI R PROBLEMS SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE RAPID l\ND SUB STAbfrIAL PROGRESS TOWARD SOLVING THEIR MOST URGENT RATHER THAN DISSIPATING THEIR RE SOURCES I N A VAIN EFFORT TO SOLVE ALL. THIS ADMINSTRATION WI LL COMPLETELY SCRUTINI ZE APPLICA'l'I ON'S TO ELIMINATE UNWISE OR UNNECESS ARY f PROPOSALS o / �PAGE THREE RUEVDPH0006 118200 WITH THESE REVISIONS, I FEEL THAT THE MODEL CITIES PROGRAM CAN HELP US 'TO ACHIEVE T'v'lO IMPO~TANT GOALS--A MORE RATIONAL AND CREATIVE FEDERAL-STATE-·LOCAL SYSTEM, AND CITY GOVERNMENTS TH.AT ARE MORE FI,EXIBLE AND RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF THEIR CITIZENS. . WE .M.UST REALIZE THAT ELIMINATION OF BLIGHT AND POVERTY IN OUR CENTRAL CITIES C)l..N.NOT BE ACCOMPLISHED OVERNIGHT. IT WILL BE A HARD A1'i"<D OFTEN FRUSTRATING STRUGGLE, BUT MODEL CITIES DOES OFFER US THE .MEANS OF BETTER USING OUR PRESENT RESOURCESr AND THUS TAKING AN IMPORTAN'l' SIJ.1 EP IN 'l'HAT DIRECTION. 11 NNNN 121126 EVDAA f . ! , \ I \ \ \ �FLETG~ T_HOMPSON 514 CANNON BUILDING MEMBER OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON, D . C. RICHARD ASHWORTH ADMINISTRATIVE AS SIST~ P.IT 5TH DISTRICT, GEORGIA C!tongress of tbc Wnitcb ~tattj 327 OLD POST OFFICE, ATLJ.NTA 1!]ouse of l\epresentatibes ma~fttgtott, 1)9. "· May 1, 1969 Mr . Dan Sweat, Director Governmental Lia i son City Hall Atlanta , Georgia 3 0 3 03 Dear Dan: Enclosed is a copy of S ecretary Romney ' s statement announcing changes in the Model Cities program. I thought you ' d find this helpful . Kindest personal regards. Yours very truly, FT/lh Enc. 20,15 30303 �- - - --- 1..., ' .. C U . S . D~f A [)) lD WASHDNGYON D . C . 20 4 'i0 HUD No. 69-0321 Phone: (202) 755-7327 FOR IBMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, April 28, 1969 SECRETARY ROMNEY'S STATEMENT ON MODEL CITIES The Model Cities program is an ambitious effort. It seeks to coordinate a vast array of Federal programs, to concentrate their impact on specific depressed urban neighborhoods, and to make local governments stronger and more flexible. My Committee on Model Cities of the Council for Urban Affairs has been intensively examining the pr ogram. Its study has shown that the program's goals are sound, but that there have been critical deficiencies in its administration which call for immediate correction. Among them: Federal agencies have not been suff iciently res ponsive to local proposals reflecting specific local conditions, In deve loping the i r proposals , l ocal authorities have been hinder ed by uncerta i nty as to the amounts of f unds tha t w uld be ava ila ble from the Federal departmen ts. Few effective attempts have been made to secure the involvement of State governmen ts. -- · Federal guidelines have f orced cities t o set "model neighborhood " boundaries that often have been arbitrary, and that have created unnecessary divisions among Model Cities residents. .:··'i, ..,I �J - -- - l , .. '..ii ~ ~2 The President has approved the recommendations of the Urban Affairs Council that the Model Cities program be revised in the following important respects: 1, The Council for Urban Affairs will assume direct responsibility for inter-departmental policy affecting Model Cities, 2, Secretaries of the departments involved will have personal supervision of their departments' funding of Model Cities proposals, and will reserve program funds specifically for that purpose. This will ensure the availability of departmental funds for Model Cities, and will give local authorities a better idea of the amount and kind of funds they can expect from the various departments for their Model Cities plans. 3. Administration of the program will be fed into the reorganization of the regional Federal offices, now underway, One effect of this will be to facili- tate inter-departmental coordination at the regional level, In the past, variations among the Federal offices in program procedures, headquarters locations, and structures of authority, have handicapped wellintentioned Federal officials and confused local officials, thus seriously compromising the Model Cities . program at the city level. 4. Greater efforts will be made to involve the State governments in the Model Cities program, Lack of 


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.~.. �u - - -- - - - - -- - - .... _ _ ____ _ _ _ __ _ __ ..___ ..... _ _ _ _ ___ - -- - - L; ~ 3 State inv_o lvement has proven a critical deficiency because many of the Federal funds needed for Model Cities are administered through State agencies. Our aim will not be to add another administrative layer between the cities and the Federal Government, but to make better use of the States' resources, experience and perspective. Model Cities is intended to be and will remain a local government program centered upon the Mayor's office with a continued requirement fo~ adequate citizen involvement. 5. The 10% population restriction on the size of the target neighborhoods will be dropped. This guideline has been administered haphazardly in the past and has hindered progress at the local level. Eliminating this guideline does not mean that the program will be expanded citywide within each city. Its purpose will remain that of focusing resources on particularly poor and blighted neighborhoods, but local officials will be given greater latitude in drawing program boundaries that conform to local conditions. 6. Priority considera tion will be given to those cities tha t successfully enlist the participation of private and voluntary or ganizations in t heir Model Cities plans. The increased fl ex ibility in esta blishing pr ogr am boundaries will make it easier for these organ i zations to contribute. 7. - I,,;. Local governments wil l be asked to establish clear priorities in developing their Model Cities .proposals, V - �u:.,_ ~ ( -,~_s-- - - ) ' •. lz.-l 4 and to strive for "comprehensiveness" only in the programsi five-year planning cycle. Many cities have interpreted Model Cities legislation and administrative guidelines requiring a local "comprehensive" plan of attack on blight and poverty in their target neighborhoods as requiring proposals to immediately attack every conceivable problem within these neighborhoods. This obviously would be unworkable; what is important is that city governments set clear priorities for attacking their problems so that they can make rapid and substantial progress toward solving their most urgent, rather than dissipating their resources in a vain effort to solve all. This Administration will completely scrutinize applications to eliminate unwise or unnecessary proposals. With these revisions, I feel that the Model Cities program can help us to achieve two important goals -- a more rational and creative Federal-State-local system, and city governments that are more flexible and responsive to the needs of their citizens. We must realize that elimination of blight and poverty in our central cities cannot be accomplished overnight. It will be a hard and often frustrating struggle, but Model Cities does offer us the means of better using our present resources, and thus taking an important step in that direction. ..,I �DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT MODEL CITIES ADMINISTRATION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20410 IN REPLY REFER TO : April 28, 1969 Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor of Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Mayor Allen: I wanted to be sure you have a copy of Secretary Romney's statement on the Model Cities program. With this strong Presidential endorsement you can be assured of all possible support to your efforts to improve the quality of life of your disadvantaged citizens. The program improvements endorsed by President Nixon should make our joint efforts more effective. Representatives of our Reg ional Offices will be working with you and your CDA staff to make sure that your city's program takes full advantage of these new program approaches. Sincerely, Director Enclosure �DEPARTM ENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT MODEL CITIES ADMINISTRATION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20410 IN REPL Y REFER TO: April 28, 1969 Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor of Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Mayor Allen: I wanted to be sure you have a copy of Secretary Romney 's statement on the Model Cities program. With this strong Presidential endorsement you can be assured of all possible support to your efforts to improve the quality of life of your disadvantaged citizens. The program improvements endorsed by President Nixon should make our joint efforts more effective. Representatives of our Regional Offices will be working with you and your CDA staff to make sure that your city's program takes full advantage of these new program approaches . Sincerely, Walter G. Farr, Jr. Director Enclosure �HUDNEWS U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT WASHINGTON D.C . 20410 HUD No. 69-0321 Phone: (202) 755-7327 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, April 28, 1969 SECRETARY ROMNEY'S STATEMENT ON MODEL CITIES The Model Cities program is an ambitious effort. It seeks to coordinate a vast array of Federal programs, to concentrate their impact on specific depressed urban neighborhoods, and to make local governments stronger and more flexible. My Committee on Model Cities of the Council for Urban Affairs has been intensively examining the program . Its study has shown that the program's goals are sound , but that there have been critical deficiencies in its administration which call for immediate correction. Among them : Federal agencies have not been sufficiently responsive t o local proposals reflecting specific local conditions. In developing their proposals , local authorities have be en hi nder ed by uncertainty a s to t he amounts of f unds tha t would be available from the Feder al d epar tments . Few ef f ec tive a t tempts have been mad e to secur e the involvement of Sta t e gov ernments . Federal guidelines have forced cities t o se t "model neighborhood" boundaries that often have been arbitrary, and that have created unnecessary divisions among Model Cit i e s r esidents. �2 The President has approved the recommendations of the Urban Affairs Council that the Model Cities program be revised in the following important respects: 1. The Council for Urban Affairs will assume direct responsibility for inter-departmental policy affecting Model Cities. 2. Secretaries of the departments involved will have personal supervision of their departments' funding of Model Cities proposals, and will reserve program funds specifically for that purpose. This will ensure the availability of departmental funds for Model Cities, and will give local authorities a better idea of the amount and kind of funds they can expect from the various departments for their Model Citie s plans. 3. Adminis tration of the program will be fed into the reorganization of the regional Federal offices, now underway. One effect of this will be to facili- t a t e int er-departmenta l coor dination at the regiona l level. In t he past, varia tions among t he Federal of f ices i n program pr ocedures, headquar t ers locations , and structures of authority , have handicapped wellintentioned Federal officials and confused local officials, thus seriously compromising the Model Cities program at the city level. 4. Greater efforts will be made to involve the State governments in the Model Cities program. Lack of �,~--~. - 3 State involvement has proven a critical deficiency because many of the Federal funds needed fqr Model Cities are administered through State agencies. Our aim will not be to add another administrative layer between the cities and the Federal Government, but to make better use of the States' resources, experience and perspective. Model Cities is intended to be and will remain a local government program centered upon the Mayor's office with a continued requirement for adequate citizen involvement. 5. The 10% population restriction on the size of the target neighborhoods will be dropped. This guideline has been administered haphazardly in the past and has hindered progress at the local level. Eliminating this guideline does not mean that the program will be expanded citywide within each city. Its purpose will remain that of focusing resources on particularly poor and blighted neighborhoods, but local officials will be given greater latitude in drawing program boundaries that conform to local conditions. 6. Priority consideration will be given to those cities that successfully enlist the participation of private and voluntary organizations in their Model Cities plans. The increased flexibility in establishing program boundaries will make it easier for these organizations to contribute. 7. Local governments will be asked to establish clear priorities in developing their Model Cities . proposals, �4 and to strive for "comprehensiveness" only in the programsi five-year planning cycle. Many cities have interpreted Model Cities legislation and administrative guidelines requiring a local "comprehensive" plan of attack on blight and poverty in their target neighborhoods as requiring proposals to immediately attack every conceivable problem within these neighborhoods. This obviously would be unworkable; what is important is that city governments set clear priorities for attacking their problems so that they can make rapid and substantial progress toward solving their most urgent, rather than dissipating their resources in a vain effort to solve all. This Administration will completely scrutinize applications to eliminate unwise or unnecessary proposals. With these revisions, I feel that the Model Cities program can help us to achieve two important goals -- a more rational and creative Federal-State- local system, and city governments that are more flexible and responsive to the needs of their citizens. We must realize that elimination of blight and poverty in our central cities cannot be accomplished overnight. It will be a hard and often frustrating struggle, but Model Cities does offer us the means of better using our present resources, and thus taking an important step in that direction. �,< .,.-· .. . J ,· ' ,_-·<I ~ · .,•; ·.

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My Committee on Model Cities of the Council for Urban Affairs ·1 .. : .·. I ' has been intensively examining the program. .j .·,1 deficiencies in its administration which call for immediate correction. ' .I I ' !. Among them: I . Its study has shown that the program's goals are sound, but that there have been critical ·...- I 


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. ,' ;' . ,i .. I . 1 • ·, I The President has approved the recommendations of the Urban II Affairs Council that the Model Cities program be revised in the I _following important respects: 1· I 1. The Council for Urban Af f airs will assume direct responsi- ,i· ,.,,.' . ·!. ,., I bility for inter-departmental policy affecting Model Cities. · j I • ' ' · 2. )· , .·: i ' 'I . , ', ·I .r. l· '. /,·.! , 1· ' ·. I L Secretar~es of the departments involved will have j·. per sonal supervis ion of t he i r department s ' funding , I I! of Model Cities pr oposa ls, and will reserve program funds specifically for that purpose. This will I ' ensure the availabi lity of depar tmental funds for Model Cities, and will give loca l authorities a i .i•I , I •I ." , _. j i _Model Cities pl ans . '~ .. t I expect from the various departments for their . I 1I . :I i ' better idea of the amount and kind of funds they can I


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I t' ,.. This Administration will I !. or unnecessary proposals. I . f completely scrutinize applications to eliminate unwise ·I I I I I i With these revisions, I f eel that the .Model Cities program can I• '. J . I I ,.r I r.- help us to achieve two impor t ant goals -- a more rational and I I ' creative Federal-State-local sys tem , and city governments that are I' I more flexible and responsive to the needs of their citizens. must realize that elimination of bli ght and poverty in our central ,., • J We cities cannot be accomplished over night ~ It will be a hard and I ' often frustrating struggle , but Model Cities does offer us the means 1.. ' of better using our present r esour ces, and thus taking an important step in that direction. . .i !··., ·.- -·.. ~ ._ ..__ .:


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' , ,, • ' , I ' �GAMBRELL & MOBLEY 3900 FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 DAVID H. GAMBRELL SUMTER KELLEY (1903-1963) JOHN H . MOBLEY ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSON J . ROBERT OWENS ROBERT D. FEAGIN JJI April 18, 1969 404 / 525 - 8571 JEREMIAH LUXEMBURGER Mayor Ivan Allen City of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Re: Atlanta Youth Council Model Cities Grant Dear Mayor Allen: I am writing you as a result of the discussion at the Board Meeting of the Youth Council yesterday with respect to our applications under the Model Cities Program. The Youth Council would like very much to cooperate with the review committee which you have established which is reviewing the Model Cities proposals. I have asked Louis Dinkins to attend the first review meeting, which I understand is today, in order that he might answer any questions and supply additional information with respect to the Youth Council proposal which is being considered . We would appreciate it if your review committee would give us the opportunity to appear at other meetings where the Youth Council proposals are being discussed . It has been my �Mayor Ivan Allen Page 2 experience from other sessions involving proposals for federal grants that sometimes a few minutes of conversation are as valuable and sometimes as explanatory as several pages of written material. Very truly yours, ATLANTA CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES COUNCIL ~ JL:ar uxemburger, Chairman �·• I I 10 THE ATL/d\TA COi\STITUTIO t '; W ccln csd,,y, April 16, 1969 -/: Mayor Ivan Allen Jr. asked The Georgia State Employfor and got authorization Tt.:es- ment Service would get $807,291 day to name a committee to for various job programs under r eview proposed agencies to nm the proposals with another $2.4 some 78 programs in the Madel million going to other agencies Cities area. for employment programs. Allen insisted the namin" of Of the ·latter amount. $1.2 milth'! re~iew coml1iiltee is rne~·e!y lion would go to Eco11omic Oproutine and follows past prac- I portunity Ati ant a for the J\t!a,,tices, but other City Hall sources ta Concentrated Employm ent said he is concerned about some Program (ACEP), which has of the recommendations of the had its sh are of probl ems. Model Cities Executive directer, The Youth Council would get J. C. Johnson. $167,000 for youth activities and Allen asked for the authorization from the Mo cl e I Cities Executive Board, whi ch m·et Tuesday. At the mayor 's request, Alderman Everett Millican made the motion and it was carried. HOW MANY? Later in the meeting, Allen asked Model Cities staff members ho 1v many unemployed persons reside in the 3,000 acres covered by the program . 0. D. Fu!p, who works with economic development and employment, repEed there were 3,000 to 6,000 with another large number underemployed. He said exact figures aren't c1.vailable because the lates t statistics are from the 1960 census. Because the fed eral funds still have not arrived from Wasl:lington, Allen said the committee, · which he hasn't yet named, will have time for the review with- ' out jeopardizing the start of programs. AWAITING MONEY The Model Cities programs have administrative funds, but implementation can not be started unit! the Nixon adm inistration provides the supplementary money. Although Allen's exact concerns aren't cl ea r, it is thought they incl ude funds to be used 1 for emp'oyment and fer the At- l lanta Children and Youth S-,rv- -1 1 ices Council. J. ~ . -, some officials wonder if the small staff could effectively use that amount of mon'3 y. Some city officials also have ques tions about a $16,000 proposal by a public relations firm which includes State Reps. Ben Brown and Julian Bond "l,1 relate people and the entire Model Cities an int~gral part of U- e Atlanta area." Allen emphasized he is n o t " balking at these progra1,. 1. i just want to review them ." C .~ ' .- l .i .· .I ~- �CITY OF ATLANTA DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE 50 1 CITY HALL ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 'rill • 1969 CHARLES L. DAVIS DIRECTOR OF FINANCE E DGAR A . VAUGHN , JR . DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FINANCE GEORGE J . BERRY DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FINANCE Mr • . 1T uick bp?:Qatatt • a. hepherd . of the ARhit~t• 901 City Hall .rat.a · ,Atlant••· YotfS.C.ttoo of ~nt• . ~ {et fl!tlea H!fd!~~•l'.! · Ile: D. ar n 111 .;, bav forth · pi-o, city . i, ud to Ch . ueetlon 1:1,•t tD ,our lett er ot April 10 • d the 11&t.te~, the city' • poait t.011 . . .-ueucb • Z.-atory houetq · • t 1• that · f -r the et CS.tie• l · f..t c.o be conaide &a• ttillllpOrU, reloc•tabl• •tnact ~•o ••i tff bJ tbe W• U• -..re that ~•l CiUM lnt . • to purcba.. thU ild · k .l lr,e tbat the tttoo r noulcl • eoua1dend Q ld " • "111 " • 1:-,...:tecl to ·oth•r alt• t the 1.... at t pr . l:, propoa..S l ~ l • If JOU ·h ••· ·• 1 add1•1.-1 tM vf.J.l 1'8 a 1. ·· ·, r•prdl . f7 ~O elllGI. . .IOt to p ~ e a cb1• •tructvre. MnNr. l1DCenl1• of~ ;UJ_____, il'l• It. kvl• • CJJ)j I. rid. Ii • With �CITY OF ATLANTA. March 21, 1969 OFFICE OF MODEL CITIES PROGRAM 673 Capitol Avenue , S.W. Atlanta, Ga . 30315 404 -524-8876 Ivan Allen Jr., Mayor J. C. Johnson, Director MEMORANDUM TO: FROM: RE: Dan Sweat, Liaison to Mayor for Governmental Affairs ~ Bill Warden, Model Cities Crime Consultant & Delinquency Prevention Federal Crime Prevention and Control Monies Enclosed are articles from the Atlanta Journal and the Constitution, both of which appeared in their March 19 issues. Though the point is well made in the articles, I believe that in the case of Atlanta, the State Planning Bureau has a definite "plan" in mind. The plan being to let Atlanta have a tok en amount of these funds at best and that the use of the planning funds is a small indicator of things to come in the awarding of the Omnibus and Safe Streets Action grants . From a politicians point of view, where there is a door left open like this, it is merely good thinking to prime the various power bases for future use. However, the City of Atlanta, over a period of five -plus years stands to lose several million dollars. As pointed out in the enclosed articles, the Omnibu s Crime and Safe Streets Act of 1968 was specifically designed and intended to combat organized urban crime and, more specifically, street crimes. Organized, and street crime, is not a big problem in Hahira, Nahunta and Ludowici but if some action is not taken they are going to receive substantial funds designed to prevent same. It seems to me that one of the best ways to combat this might be to c he ck with a number of the members of the advisory boar d who �-2- were appointed to assist, theoretically, the state administrator of the program and funds. Several of the board members are from the Atlanta area and they and their constituents would be damaged by this plan by the state politician. I believe they would react in a manner that we would consider favorable. Members of this board who are from this area, and who may be sympathetic to this line of thinking, are J. Carroll Larmore, Chief Probation Officer, Fulton County; Johns. Langford, Fulton County Juvenile Judge; Norman Shipley, Cobb County Juvenile Judge; Robert Croom, Fulton County Juvenile Court; Charles Watt, NCCD and Neil Satterfield, Chatham County United Fund. Too, I have a speaking relationship with George Murphy who is the regional administrator at the federal level and if you think it wise, we could contact him regarding our concerns. We are ready at any time to assist and cooperate with you in combating this malicious plan to deprive this city of funds that rightfully belong to it. �:City Seen Loser . ·;In Crime Grants· By DUANE1tINER Constitution Wa1hington Bureau WASHINGTON- Atlanta was cited Tuesday by the National League of Cities (NLC) as an example of how federal planning · funds provided under the omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act ·of. 1968 are not being channeled in Uie proper di- _rectian. ~ " 3 , - / ) - C , 5 { " " ~- Sta'-;,ticrime tund Distribution ·Criticized .&aaata Joana) Waablnsion Bureau 647 JlfaU.al Praa llalldlns WASHINGTON-The Georgia Plamting Bul'eau has been criticized by the National League of Cities for its handling of federal funds under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. At a Tuesday press conference here, Allen Pritchard, assistant director of the NLC, cited Georgia as a bad example of the way the funds are being handled. pointing out the Atlanta metropolitan area has 30 per cent of · the state's population and 6-0 per cent of its street crime, yet received only 15 per cent of the .initial p l ~ grant funds allocated to the state under the 1U68 act. The State Planning Bureau, which distributes the federal money to regional planning groups, gave the Atlanta area only $33,750 of a total state grant of $403,750. The grants are intended to establish initial local crime~ontrol planning. Pritchard b l a s t e d Georgia along with 23 other recently surveyed states for spreading initial planning money ' 'without re· gard to capability to do criminal justice planning or considering the inte111Sity of crime in the area covered." But it was noted Georgia's area planning and development commissions "are established, have some staffing and rather extensive involvement by local government officials." The NLC official called upon the U.S. Justice Department for , . - . 'The funds are funneled by the Justice department to the states and thence to area planning agencies. Allen Pitchard, assistant NLC executive director1 said the · Atlanta metropolitan a-rea acc0tmts for 6-0 per cent of the street crime in Georgia and 30 per cent of the state's population but received only 15 per cent of the safe-street planning grant a,llocated to Georgia. "Our point has been that in 24 of the 31 states we surveyed, 1 they had set up over 200 area-wide planning operations, and the money for planning was being spread around without regard to capability to do criminal justice planning or intelhsity of crime in the area covered," Pritchard declared at a news conference. Under the present system , it is impossible to "really get into the problem in any signi ficant way at all," Pritchard main,iained. Poirvting ,to an area plaM.ing agency in one state that reooived only $850, Pritdlard ~ id the intent ci Coogress in pass-ing the Safe Streets Act was 1'to get at areas of high-crime .iocidence, and not just -to plan universally ." , Pritchard noted, however, that Georgia's area pl;uming and developmerit commissions "are established, have ~ staffing and rather extensive involvement · by local government of. ficials ." He said it was "not quit.e as difficult as in some states where they set up an organization arbitrarily for safe street ' planning that doesn't represent anybody." · The National League of Cities 88id it was not advocating that the Justice department dictate how states should use their Safe Streets Act grants but called upon the department to , tighten surveillance "to see that it will actnally produce plans, and focus money in high~rime areas ." Georgia's Safe Streets Act grant is administered by the 


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closer surveinance on states to see that they actually pml 1cf crime-fighting programs and concentrate in high crime ;irea.'! ' I �DR. GEORGE L. SIMPSON, JR . JAMES L . M c G O VERN CHAIRMAN l!XC::C UTIV O:: D IR ECTO R ... F. M . BIRD HAMILTO N L O KEY VIC Ci'. CHAIRMAN GK N l! R A L CO UN B II L HUGH PETERSON , JR . !JCCRET AR Y -TlH! A S un u n TRU S TE ES JAMES A. AL f ORD . M . 0 , IVAN ALLEN 111 OR. SANFORD ATWOOD J . PAUL AUSTIN ROBERT 0. FOWLER LAWRENCE C . GELL-ESTEDT DR. HUGH M. GLOSTER COMMITTEE COUNS E L Metropolitan Atlanta Commission on Crime and Juvenile Delinquency, Inc. J . ROBIN HARRIS JESSE HILL. JR . DONALD L . HOLLOWELL L. BEVEL JONES T. R . MAY LORIMER D. MILTON ROMAE TURNER POWELL DEAN CARRIE SCANDRETT FRANCIS SHACKELFORD JACK TARVER JOHN C . WILSON ROBERT M. WOOD SZ FAIRLIE STREET . N . W. ATLANTA. GEORGIA 30303 !524-3B69 April 24 , 1969 DA11RINGTON H . DRAN C H H . D O Y CE C O NN EL L . JR . F . D E AN COP E LI\ND PEARCE HARDWICK G. LEMUEL HEWES DEVEREAUX MCCLATCHEY. JR. R . KENT FRAZIER JON 0 . FULLERTON ROBERT W . PATRICK . JR . G . KIMBROUGH TAYLOR Mr . Jo hnny C. Johnson Director Model Cities 673 Capi t ol Ave n ue, S . W. Atlanta , Georgia 30315 l~e : Ilo u se or Use Dear Mr . Jo hn so n: Th e Hou se of Use is a prog r a m set u p to provide counse l i n g, jo b opportu n it y a n d recreatio n se rvice s to h ard - core yo u t h in t h e age g roup from six t ee n to twe n t yfive . Th is proj ec t i s loc a t e d i n t h e Summerhill area i n a bu i l di n g situa t ed at t h e cor n e r of Ge orgia Aven u e and Terry St reet . Th is l e tt e r will confirm my prior conversations wit h Mr . Lyle Scott of you r ofLicc co n cer n ing th e


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Use ,or paint in g t he in t e ri.o r ;11 1<! ex t e ri o r or t he h ll i ] d j n g ill Iv Ji i C Ii l h i S pr O _j CC t I S Ji O ll S C d . T h e 1 H b r 11 c Ce s s ~l I')' Iv i I I he p r O \I i d Cd t h r O ll g h t h e vol unte er sc r v ·i ces or t he !l o u se or Use c li e n ts a n d t h e n e c essary bru s h es , rollers and any ot he r p;,ijnti n g e quipm e n t will be sup pl ied b y the !lou se of Use. �Mr . Johnny C. Johnson April 24 , 1969 Page 2 Your interest jn t hi.s m:1tt c r i.s appr eci ate l. Please advise me of your decision 1,v ith re spe ct to this reques t a n d I shall arra n ge for th e pickup and transportation of th e paint to the Hous e of Use . JLM : g h cc: Victor J. War e cc : Dan Sweat �April 21, 1969 Mr. Johnny J ohnson Director of Model Cities 673 Capitol Avenue , S . W . Atlant , Georgia Dear Johnny: Attached is a check p yable to Transport Clearings , Inc. in the mount of $1, 540. 00 to cover th shipping cost for the Model Cities share of the paint giv n to th City through the President's Council on Youth Opportunity. This is in lin with our convers tion wher by you h v ssured me th t this dvanc of funds from th Sou.them Council on Int ern tional nd Public Aff ire will b reimbursed from Model Cities Project lunds as soon as such funds h ve been relea ed to th City from th D p rtm nt of Housing and Urban D v lopment. Sine r ly yours , Dan E. Sw at, Jr. DESJr:fy Enclo ure (1) �DR. GEORGE L. SIMPSON. JR . JAMES L. McGOVERN CHAIRMAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR F. M. BIRD HAMILTON LOKEY VICE CHAIRMAN GENERAL COUNSEL HUGH PETERSON. JR. SECRETARY-TREASURER TRUSTEES JAMES A . ALFORD. M. D. IVAN ALLEN Ill DR . SANFORD ATWOOD J. PAUL AUSTIN ROBERT D. FOWLER LAWRENCE C . GELLESTEDT DR. HUGH M. GLOSTER J. ROBIN HARRIS JESSE HILL. JR. DONALD L. HOLLOWELL L. BEVEL JONES T.R.MAY LORIMER D. MILTON ROMAE TURNER POWELL DEAN CARRIE SCANDRETT FRANCIS SHACKELFORD JACK TARVER JOHN C . WILSON ROBERT M . WOOD COMMITTEE COUNSEL Metropolitan Atlanta Commission on Crime and Juvenile Delinquency, Inc. 52 FAIRLIE STREET. N. W. ATLANTA. GEORGIA 30303 524-38,69 April 17, 1969 BARRINGTON H, BRANCH H. BOYCE CONNELL, JR, F . DEAN COPE.L AND PEARCE HARDWICK G. LEMUEL HEWES DEVEREAUX MCCLATCHEY. JR. R. KENT FRAZIER JON 0. FULLERTON ROBERT W. PATRICK. JR. G. KIMBROUGH TAYLOR Mr. Dan E. Sweat, Jr. Office of the Mayor City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 30334 Dear Dan: Enclosed is a check in the amount of $1,540 payable to Transport Clearings, Inc. in Charlotte, North Carolina. This check represents an advance of funds to the Model Cities Program to cover shipping costs of paint from the President's Council on Youth Opportunity. We understand that we shall be reimbursid upon the release of Model Cities' funds by the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development . yours, J LM:gh Enclosure/check cc : Mr. A. B. Padgett cc : Mr. Pet er C. White

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