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C~TY OF ATLANTA DEPARTMENT of PARKS Office of General Manager Atlanta, Georgia 30303 .April 21., 1968 . JACK C . DELIUS GEN ER.AL MANAGER Honorable Ivan Allen., Jrb Mayor City of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta~ Georgia 30303 Subject: Summer Program of Recreation., Employment and Enrichment for the Disadvantaged Citizens of the City of Atlanta Dear Mr. Allen: ' As you know, we have presented to E.O.A., Inc. our proposal., in cooperation with the Atlanta School System, to conduct a special program ot recreation, employment and enrichment for the disadvantaged citizens of the City of Atlanta. We propose to begin the project June 1 and terminate it around Labor Day. In the next few days we intend to select and employ a coordinator/dire ctor for the program so that the central o ffice for this program can be fully functioning well before June 1. Mr. John Cox , of the Atlanta Youth Council~ has agreed with the undersigned to supply funds for the purppse of employing the coordinator/director and basic staff for the central office. The selection of a director and other personnel will be a cooperative venture on the part of the Departme nt of Parks and the Atlanta School system. , I Our proposal to E.O.A. exceeds $1.,300.,000 and calls for the operation of a total . of 140 locations within the target areas as defined by E.O.A. Some 62 of the locations are elementary and high school sites. On April 19, 1968, we were advised by Mr. Dan sweat of your office that the total funds available for this project including E.O.A. grant s and spe cial appropriations from City Hall would amount to $600,000 o Mr. sweat r equ est e d at that- time hat we b egin to scale down our budget to come within this figure . Accordingly, we are developing a new budge to It is my understanding that the City of Atlanta Department of Parks will not be able to receive substantially all of the funds made avai l able to E~O.A. for summer projects. In other words, other agencies (private and semi- public) will b e funde d for various types of programso \ \ �Honorable Ivan Allen, Jro I! - 2 - April 21, 1968 ~s soon as our new budget is completed, I will supply copies to your office, the Parks Committee, the .Application Review Board, the Finance Committee, the Advisory Committee on Civil Disorders, the Atlanta Youth Council~ and officials of the Atlanta School

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Sincerely, ck C~ Delius neral Manager of arks and Recreation Enclosure: Resolution, April 17, 1968 JCD:JW CC: Alderman Charlie Leftwich, Chairman, Parks Committee ·Alderman Buddy Fowlkes, Vice Chairman, Parks Committee Alderman G. Everett Millican, Member Parks Committee and .Advisory Committee on Civil Disorders Alderman Rodney Cook, Member Parks Committee and Advisory Committee on Civil Disorders Mr. Jim Parham, Director, E.O.A., Inc. Mr. Charles L. Davis, Comptroller, City of Atlanta ~ (Finance Committee) Mr. Dan sweat, Mayor's Office (Advisory Review Board) Dr. John Letson, Superintendent, Atlanta Schools Dr. John Martin, Deputy·supt. of Atlanta Schools Mr. John Cox, Director, Atlanta Youth Council Mr • .Al Koth, Director of Community Schools . Miss Virginia Carmichael, Director of Recreation Mr. Stan Martin, Administrative Assistant • I �