Box 5, Folder 8, Document 10

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September 16, 1968

MEMORANDUM

TO: Mr. Cecil A. Alexander, Chairman
Housing Resources Committee

The attached paper was used today by Rodney Cook in explaining to
the Board of Aldermen actions taken on the August 2 proposals by the
Housing Resources Committee.

The request for 2,000 additional units of Public Housing was presented
in what appeared to be a sort of backhemded manner in a Finance Committee
paper requesting Federal Grant Reservation of $800,000 to support 2,000
units of Public Housing.

It was my understanding that last Friday the recommendations of the
Housing Resources Committee for revision of the Non-Conforming Use
Ordinance were finally turned over to the Planning Department for study.
However, Rodney Cook stated toathe Board of Aldermen that the Planning
and Development Committee would not go along with the proposal of the
Housing Resources Committee to permit structural changes in non-conforming
use residential buildings and had instructed the Planning Staff to make
the Planning and Development Committee's position known to the Zoning
Committee and other Departments and Committees of the Board of Aldermen
which might be affected.

Rodney stated twice on the floor of the Board of Aldermen that the
Housing Resources Committee had recommended that a new Committee of the
Board of Aldermen be established and given responsibility for housing. He
further stated that the Planning Staff and Panning and Development Committee
feit that this could be better handled by the existing Planning and
Development Committee; and he introduced a Resolution which he said that
was designed to accomplish this, the Resolution was adopted. Icasked Collier
Gladin for a copy of the Resolution, but he said he did not have any.
As I understood the Resolution from hearing it read in the Board of Aldermen,
the Planning and Development Committee is assigned responsibility for Housing
and 1s further charged with providing guidance and direction to the Housing
Resources Committee. I would prefer for the guidance and direction portion
not to be included in the Resolution in that it may be considered as placing
our Committee under greater influence of the Planning Department and
direction of the Planning and Development Committee than it has been in the
past. I have requested a copy of the Resolution from the City Clerk, but
have not yet received it.

No mention was made of our request of revision of the District Zoning
Ordinance, 5

Encl;


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