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EDWIN L. STERNE M. 8 . SATTERFIELD CHA IR~ AN EXECUT IVE DIRECTOR ANO S ECRETAR Y LESTER H. PERSELLS GEORGE S. CRAFT ASSOCIATE VICE CHAIRMAN EXEC UT .IVE DIA ECTOR CARL TON GARRETT DI R ECTOR O F J. B. SLAYTON FINANCE G I LBERT H . BOGGS DIRECTOR OF HOUSING FRANK G. ETHERIDGE HOWARD OPENSHAW JACK F. GLENN DIRECTOR OF REDEVELOPMENT 824 HURT BUILDING ATLANTA , GEORG IA 30303 GEORGE R . SANDER TECH NICAL DIRECTOR JACKSON 3·6074 May 10, 1968 The Honorable Ivan Allen, Jro Mayor of the City of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Re: Rawson...washington Street Ur ban Redevelopment Area Project Georgia R~lo Dear Mayor Allen: The Department of Housing and Urban Development has this date advised by telegram the approval of a $1,600, 894000 grant increase for the 353 acre Rawson~Washington Street Urban Renewal Project in Atlantao This amendment will permit the Atlanta Housing Authority t o proceed with the acquisition of three additional blocks of land east of Whitehall Terrace for a new elementary school, park, and community facility buildingo The Housing Authority submitted the Part I Application for Loan and Grant on this project on February 10, 1967, and received HUD approval on February 26, 1968 (12 months). Ten days later on March 7, 1968, the Authority sub~ mitted the Part II (following a public hearing and approval of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen and Housing Authority Board of Commissioners) and received approval on May 10, 1968 ( 2 months)o The above dates demonstrate the extra~ ordinary time required for Federal review and approval of urban renewal applications, and accounts for the substantial delays in the urban renewal processo The Housing Authority will proceed expeditiously with the acquisition of the land required for the school, park, and conununity facilityo Very truly yours, Howard Openshaw Director of Redevelopment �