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b 1 f1 -f./_,flA1 .... l~· . \ U "' • ~ TRAFFIC ENGINEE R ING DEPARTMENT Atl an t a , Geo rg ia 30303 March 26, 1968 K A RL A . B EV I N S Traffic Eng in e e r Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr., Nayor of t he City of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgi a . De a.r Mayor Allen: · In r eply to par agr agh No. 1 of your i ns t r uction shee t entitle d 11 Requested Action to be Taken by City Departments and Public Agenciesn and dat ed 1--farch 19, 1968, ue r e commend .the followin g : (1) Reques t the Ge orgi a Power Company to pr ovi de ir:1rnediate cleaning and re-lamping and r epair of 2.11 stree t l i ght s needing such maintenance. (2) Provide the As sis t ant Tr aff i c Enginee r I (stree t li ght engineer) with a Traffic ~nginee ri ng Assis t ant II to ass ist him by maki ng ni ghttime inspe ctions of the stree ts in t he six 2.r eas on a r egul ar be.sis (at l east twic e per week ) and r eporting l .:i.mp outage s and physical damage to the Georgi a Pmrer Company for i mmedi a t e r epairs . Inspe cting t hese six a r eas at ni ght would be almost a full t i me job but any ext r a time could be well utilized by the Stree t Li ghting Enginee r who has no hel pe r now. (3) Have t he t 1-rn me n now available for the fi e ld investiga.-tion of r equests and compla.ints do 2.s they did during t he SLlmmer of 1967and give all i t erns from t he six areas top priority and handle all othe r ··r e que sts for service as time is available. · (4) Add one Traf f ic Enginee ri ng Assistant II to t he staff fo r trai ning and assi gn him f ull time to t he s i x are as as s oon as he i s capable of handling t he work . ( On - the - j ob trci.ini ng fo r thi s wo r k r equir es t hr ee to four mont hs of work experience. ) (5) Re - che ck all s i x are as to s uppl y any nee ded tt spee d control " si gns t o bring the s i gni ng up t o t he s t and ards fo l l oi:-1ed in othe r are as of the ci ty. (This will not r equire m.? ny new s i gns. ) ( 6 ) Have both sign and marking cr ews gi ve top priority t o work i n t he s i x areas and handl e all other work as r apid l y as possible with the t i me l eft avai l able. (Same as 1967 . ) The steps outline d above are ve ry simil ar t o the steps t aken during 1966 ~. - 1- �I' Page No. 2 Hayor Ivan Allen, Jr., l'·Iarch 26, 1968 and 1967. The area to be covered t his smnmer, (1968), is much larger and the complaints · and reque sts for service will probably be la.r ger. Our s e rv-ice to othe r areas in t he city suffered noticeably duri?.'Ig 1967 a s the r esult of these steps. · For this r eason, we are recommending additi onal pe rsonne l to prope rly handle all of t he work. We will be glad to .promptly supply any 2.dditio~al information tha t you ma y de sire. S)cerely, .St\c., ,_Qc _ __ ~ --L--c.L- _--(,.__.-KARL A. BSVINS Alderman G. Evere tt Eillican, Chairman, Advisory Cormnittee on Civil Disorde rs Alde r man Richa.rd C. Freeman �