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.. , .. . . i '. . i · .. \~' - ' . .·.~· f . • ,. '· -~.-..,i\ . r /' ,: / Toi. 522·4 463 Aroa Codo 404 DEPARTMENT OF PL A:\'?',ING COLLIER B. GLADIN, Director May 18, 1967 TO: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. Alderman Rodney M. Cook Mr. Collier B. Gladin, Planning Director 11'..r. Isadore c·':11\deub, Candeub, Fle.issig & Associates Mr. John Brown, Candeub, 7.IJ.,.,leis t ig ./ t ~s~ciates FROM: Vir. George L. Aldridge, Jr. SUBJECT: Meeting on May 12, 1967 o . (tff1\ Equal Opportunity in Housing Report On Friday May 12, 1967, the Equal Opportunity in Housing report, dated December, 1966, prepared by Candeub, Fleissig & Associates i n connection with the Community Improvement Program was discussed. T"ne f ol lowing persons were in attendance: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr., Alder man Rodney H . Cook, Mr. Isador·e Candeub, President, Capdeub, Fleissig & Associates, ~..r. John Brown, Candeub, Fl eissig & Associates, Mr. Coll ier B. Gladin, Planning Director, ~nd Mr. George L. Aldridge, Jr., Community I mp rovement Program Director. T'ne following represents those are a s on which agreement was reached and which the consultant was advised to follow: l. The City requested and the consultant agreed to r ewr i te cer tain portions of the report provided the i n tegrity o f the r e port is not destroyed. To assis t the consul t an t the City agreed to provide them with t h e Planning St a f f comments used at the meeting by Ald er man Cook. 2. Th e City r equested and t he consultant ag r ee d t o incorporate obviou s change s a nd/o r trends t hat have been made or have taken pl a ce i n pub li c fa cilities and s ervices in t he Ci ty within approx i mately the las t 5 year s . The City is to pr ovid e t he c onsul tant wi th this i nformati on. 3. Interview re su l t s and material contained in the repor t were di s c~s s ed . Two alternative approaches evol ved , nei~her of wh ich achieved comple t e ag~£ement. Consequently , the 1 consultant i s advised to follow (a) or (b ) or a combination of (a) ai:id (b)'. b~low:. · . '. . ' I �May 18, 1967 -2- 4. (a) Delete the interview material from the report, but provide the City with a separate and complete supplement on the interviews and/or (b) Retain the interview material in the report but provide a blanket statement with heavy emphasis to the fact that the interview results do not necessarily agree with the facts. The tex t s houl d stress that the interview results represent opinions and discuss the dangers inherent in public opinion surveys. Additionally where the opinion and the f acts do not agree, the consultant might refer t he reader to an appropriate factual section or i llustrate. this with facts. Program Recoxranendations The City requested and the consult~nt agreed to the following: (a) Tie in the finding of facts or ·factual determinations .with the program recommendations and the approach toward solutions. (b) In addition to making the recommendations t h e report should spell out the levels or degrees within each · program recom.-nenda.tion which the City should attain within a _practical or feasible . period of time. "·· . ~ \·.- . . ,. �