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MINUTES HOUSING RESOORCES COMMITTEE MEETING October 23; 1961 The Chairman, HRC Committee, and the Land Acquisition Panel ot the Ho-using Resources Committee met jointly with the members of the Planning Department at ll:00 a,m ~, October 23, 1967, in Committee Room #2, City Hall, pursuant t o invitational notic~ attached~ The following members were present: Mr, Cecil A. Alexander, Chairman, Housipg Resources Chmmitte.e Mr!' F~ C, Terrell, representing Mr~ Wallace L~ Lee, member, Land Acquisition Panel Mr , Clayton R, Yates, member, Land Acquisition Panel Mr. J , A~ Alston, member, Land Acquisition Panel Mr . w. W. Gates, Consultant Also pr esent were invited guests, including: Mr . George W!' Kennedy, J r ,, Chai rman, Chamber of Commerce, Housing and Redevelopment Committee Mr, Ian E. Sweat Jr~, Director of Governmental Liaison Planning Director , Collier Gladin, pr esided~ Mr, Gladin s t ated t hat he and the members of his s t aff were very happy t o have an opportunity t o meet with the Housing Resources Committee and discuss mutual problems~ He st ated that every e f f ort would be made in t he fut ure to wor k with the Housing Resources Committee. Mr. Gladin bri efly explained t he progress being made by his Department in producing a new Lan~Use map, He presented a map showing progress to date , but explained that many changes would necessarily have to be made before the map is complet ed and approved by other city offi ci als, Mr. Gladin also s tated that consider ation should be given to higher densities for low-income nousing, including use of high rise . Mr, Pierce Mahoney of the Planning Department expl ained the propos ed Land~Use map in detail and alao exhibited a second map indteating projections to 1983. He stated that the locations ot the proposed rapid transit system stations have not been determined and this could be one item that would involve possible changes, �2 City Planner, J. C. Joh., son distributed a list of possible sites for lowincome housing prepared by the Planning Department on October 23, 1967. He stated that in his opinion a package of 10 to 15 possible low-income housing sites distributed throughout the City should be submitted at one time for zoning consideration, r ather than individual requests for each property. He stated that the package approach would hopefully aid in surmounting neighborhood and Feceral objections such as have been encountered in connection with individual par cel zoning. He explained that Mayor Iva..'1 Allen's goal of 16,800 low-cost units in five years has been slo~:9 ·: by obj e ctions of r esidents and the Federal government, high land costs and diffi culty in getting zoning changes. Johnson s ~i d most of tte sites t he plannsr s are considering aren't zoned for apartment units. Residents on nur~e~ous occasicns have appeared bef ore the Aldermanic Zoning Committee to beat back r equests for zoning changes that would permit low-cost housing in their nei ghbor hoods. Mr . Johnson s ~id that he hoped the Housing Resources Committee, the Citizens Advisory Committee on Urban Renowal, the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Housing Committee or some si mil ar gr oup would pursue the package idea, develope it and sur-mit it to t he proper zoning authorities. He stat ed that the list distr ibuted was incomplete and that pr obably a number of additional areas could be a dded. Mr . Johnson submitte~ a proposed development plan, using the old Ball Park site on Pc:ice de Leon Avenue as an illustration of how a site might be developed f or mixed uses i ncluding high r i se apartments , shopping areas, etc . Gates, HRC Co:-:nnit tee Consultant , provided members of the Pl anning Department wit h a list of 22 Proposed Si tes, dat ed October 10, 1967, which owners or those having cont r ol , have voluntarily listed with the HRC f or sale for use in the low-income Housing Program. Only 4 of t hes e sit es are zoned A-1 however. ~~. Mr . Cecil Alexander, Chairma.'1 of the Housing Resources Committee stated tha t there appears to be an excess of l and in the City presently zoned for indust rial use and suggest ed t hat s t udy be given to determine if some of thi s land should be relea s ed fa~ us e as apar tment sites. Mr. Alexander al so s t ressed the urgent need for an overall Land-Use plan ~hich would make additional apar t ment s ites available. �3 The meeting adjourned at 12:15 p.m. Respect.fully submitted, ·... · ·, . __ ,/ . < /· -·~:.~~j,,,1-,1.., J..::).!•j ,"')_,- Malcolm D. Jones r\_,, / Supervisor of Inspection Services Encls: (with original only) Invitational Notice. Possible Sites for Low-income Housing, dated October 23, 1967. Proposed Sites offered for the Low-income Housing Program dated October 10, 1967. �