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Dear Mr. Vice President: The City of Atlanta is happy to participate in the National Summer Youth Program. It is my understanding that, to date, Morehouse Cmllege is the only Atlanta college participating in this program. Mr, John W. Cox , Executive Director of the Youth Council, as well as coordinator for our Youth Opportunity Program in Atlanta, has taken the following action : 1. contacted all of the NCAA Colleges in Atlanta to encourage them to participate. So far, only Morehouse College is part icipating . Emory and Georgia Tech indicated that they could not participate because of other building and activity programs this summer; 2, communicated with Coach Forbes, Morehouse's Director, individually, and discussed Morehouse's Proposal prior to submission. He later held a meeting with Dr. Forbes involving personnel from the City of Atlanta Parks and Recreation Department, Economic Opporuunity Atlanta and the Community Chest. At this meeting , the following proposed modification and changes were suggested and a greed to by Dr. Forbe s: a. The program would operate from 9:30-1:30 instead of 8:00a,m.-12:00 noon; b. The target areas would be the Nash Was hington and the West End ar eas; c. The EOA Center i n the Wes t End and Nash Was hington areas, the Robin s on Boys Club, the At lant a Girls Club and the Publ i c Housing Proj e ct s i n these areas would r efer t he partic ipants to t hi s program; d. Bussing would be kept at a minimum 7trans port ation would be used f or t rips and s uppoF.t f or the on-going program; e. A maximum number of poor yout h from the target area will be hired by the Project; f. The college wi l l explore t he possibility of expanding this program if such needs warrant, utilizing other facilities; g, Finally, the col lege has agreed to fully coordinate this project into the total Youth Opportunity Program effort. We will continue to maintain a working relationship with this program and keep your representative informed on its progress. As Mayor of the City of Atlanta, I fully endorse this program and recommend its funding. �