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GAMBRELL & MOBLEY 3900 FIRST NAT ION A L B A NK BUILDING ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 DAVID H . GAMBRELL JOHN H . MOBLE Y ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSON August 15, 1969 J . ROBERT OW ENS 404 / 525 - 8571 ROBERT D . FE A GIN Ill .JEREMIAH L U X EMBURGER LE O N L . RICE Ill Mr. Dan Sweat Chief Administrative Officer City of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia Re: Atlanta Children and Youth Services Council Dear Dan: I appreciate the time which you and George Berry down and discuss the activitie s of the Youth Council. I want a summary of the conclusions as a r e sult of the meeting and convey to Lewis "t1~nkins, the Acting Director of the Council, to the p e rmane nt Dir e ctor of the Council w h e n he is named. took to sit you to have which I will as well as First, I conclud e d that the supervision of the Executive Dir e ctor , the initiation of Council a ctiv itie s, a nd the appro v al of policie s and pro g rams sug ge ste d by the Dir e ctor would continue to com e from the Board of Dir e ctors o f the Council . S e c ond , I c onclud ed tha t the E xec uti ve Dir e ctor of the Council should b e also subj e ct to the dir ec tion a nd sup e rvi sion of the M a yor ' s C hief o f Staff and should atte nd s t aff m ee tings o f Mayor Offic e p e rsonn e l a n d kee p t h e C hi ef Ad m i n is t r a tor in t h e M a y o r I s O ffi c e a ppris e d of w hat t h e Council is doin g a s we ll a s b e in g a vaila bl e and subj e ct to the supe r v ision and dir e ction o f t hat p e rson to do s p e ci a l tasks a ssi g n e d by him i n t h e a r ea o f c hild ren and youth . I am n o t c ! ea r how this w ill b e s ho w n o n t h e or ga ni z a tion c har ts , but I do kn ow t h at work ing r e l at i o nships a r e m ore impor t ant t h an organi zational lines of respon sibility. I wo uld h o p e that the resu l t wo uld be that you wou l d gain a valuabl e assistant and t h e Co u nc il w ould ga i n a va l ua bl e a ffiliation . P l ease l et me know if you ob j ect to my in s tr u cti ng L ewis ~ nki ns or his succ e ssor on the basis of thes e conclusions. Sincerely , cc : George Berry �