Box 4, Folder 14, Document 108

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A RESOLUTION

BY THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR URBAN RENEWAL OF THE
CITY OF ATLANTA

INFORMING THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF

HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT OF THE EXTREME

DISAPPOINTMENT OF THIS COMMITTEE OVER ANNOUNCED

CUTBACK IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THE 1970 NEIGHBOR-

HOOD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM; AND POINTING OUT THE

DISASTEROUS EFFECT SUCH EXTENSIVE CUTBACK WILL

HAVE ON ATLANTA'S NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT

PROGRAM, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION AND CITIZEN

MORAL IN THE AFFECTED AREAS;

WHEREAS, this Committee has been informed that only $24, 000, 000
has been established as available for the second year's activity of the six
Neighborhood Development Programs now under way in Region III, which
amount equals only 45.9% of the amount allocated for the first year's activity

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for the six programs; and

WHEREAS, we have also been informed that priorities for the local
Neighborhood Development Program should be arranged so as to call for activity
only in areas which were included in the NDP first year; and

WHEREAS, neither of these factors was made known locally until after
the City of Atlanta had prepared its extensive proposed Neighborhood Development
Program for 1970; and

WHEREAS, Atlanta has established a reputation for effectively taking
advantage of, and participating in, HUD as sisted programs for Community
Improvement; and

WHEREAS, this proposed drastic cutback in Federal funding in the
Neighborhood Development Program, will seriously effect citizen enthusiastic

participation and moral in the affected areas,

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Citizens Advisory

Committee for Urban Renewal of the City of Atlanta, that this Committee is
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very disappointed over the proposed drastic cutback in the Neighborhood

Development Program; wishes to so inform: the Department of Housing and Urban
Development; and urges that every possible consideration be given Atlanta in

future funding for NDP. " os






BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Citizens Advisory Committee for
Urban Renewal that copies of this Resolution be furnished the Secretary of the
Department of Housing and Urban Development of the United States; and the

Regional Administrator, Region III, of HUD.

Official: Malcolm D. Jon je)
Executive Director ;
Citizens Advisory Committee for
Urban Renewal

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This the 2lst Day of November 1969

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