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CITY ·OF .ATLA1'1"T.A CITY HALL March 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: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. From: Subject: Dan Sweat Grant Review Board - Model Cities Attached are the minutes of the Grant Review Board meeting of December 31, 1968. The recommendations set forth in this document were accepted by the Model Cities Director and have resulted in much better lines of communications between the Model Cities program and the various City departments, other governmental agencies, and private organizations who are involved in the execution of the Model Cities program. The Grant Review Board on February 27, 1969, discussed the current status of the Model Cities program and the resolution for approval for the first year program which will be brought before the Board of Aldermen on Monday, March 3. Collier Gladin, the City's Planning Director, felt that the approval of the resolution should be initiated jointly by the Planning and Development Committee and the Finance Committee and should not imminate from th.e Aldermanic representatives on the Model Cities Executive Board. It was the concensus of the Grant Review Board that the resolution for approval · should come from the E x ecutive Board and that it is the responsibility of each Aldermanic Committee chairman to insure that his committee has given proper attention to the program. It would be desirable for each committee involve d to give its approval/disapp·r o v al on any paper coming from the M o del Cities E x ec u tive Board prior to its being introduced in the Aldermanic Board . Such Aldermanic Committe e e x pression attache d to a Mod e l Cities paper w ould certainly strengthen the pap er and result in much bette r com munications of the entire Model Cities program. �t,__ ·- - '· Mayor Allen Page Two March 3, 1969 In the final analysis, whenever a paper is introduced, it should be the responsibility of each member of the Board of Aldermen to ask that -; t be referred to the particular committee if there is some question about its contents. The Model Cities organization should continue to seek prior approval of City departments and Aldermanic committees prior to introduction of a resolution or ordinance for approval by the full Aldermanic Board. DS:fy �