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CITY HALL ATLANTA, GA. 30303
Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404
May 10, 1968
IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR
R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant
MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary
DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Liaison
Mr. Robert Dobbs, Chairman
Citizens Neighborhood Action Committee
Northwest-Perry Homes Service Center
1927 Hollywood Road, N. W.
Atlanta, Georgia
Dear Mr, Dobbs:
As you know, the City of Atlanta has responded in a positive manner
to improvement of deficiencies in community facilities in the general
Perry Boulevard - Hollywood Road, N. W. area, which were so ably
pointed out by yourself and neighborhood groups in the area.
The proposed re-zoning of the Browntown Road site for a well
planned multi-unit housing development was deferred last fall and
is currently being delayed in consideration of the objections then
raised by the citizens of the area, because of the lack of community
facilities.
You are, of course, aware that as a direct result, the Planning
Department prepared a special study of the area, pointing up the
deficiencies that then existed and making specific recommendations
for improvements in the area. These recommendations were set
forth on pages 24, 25, and 26 of the Browntown area report.
—
A survey of the status of implementavion of the recommendations
contained in the Browntown area report has recently been made and
it was found that many of the recommended improvements have
already been accomplished, others have been initiated and are
now being carried out, while plans are in existence for making
additional improvements as soon as circumstances and funds permit,
A copy of this status report is attached,
Mr. Dobbs
Page Two
May 10, 1968
I think you will agree with me that considerable progress has been
made, The credit for these improvements is due in a large measure
to the helpful assistance and cooperation of the responsible citizens
of the area, whom you represent.
j | If Atlanta is to continue to progress and provide decent housing for all
-| of its citizens, we cannot afford to wait indefinitely for all desirable
—~ improvements, Many of these will have to be developed simultaneously
with development of the housing to serve the areas involved, The
City of Atlanta is committed to such a program,
‘The Browntown Road site location has been approved by both HUD and
the Housing Authority. It is designed to house 450 low and moderate
income families for which decent, safe and sanitary housing is
desperately needed. We cannot indefinitely deny these families
7 a suitable place to live,
In view of all that has already been accomplished and currently planned
in the nature of improvements for this area, I would very much like
to see you and other responsible citizens of the area:
1. Write a letter to the Chairman of the Zoning Committee (with
a copy to me) withdrawing your earlier objections to the
proposed Browntown Road Turnkey development and request
that it now be initiated.
2. Should you and others working with you not be able to submit
a positive recommendation for the project, then I solicit
your cooperation in not publicly further opposing it, when it
comes up for reconsideration,
In the event that you cannot see your way clear to follow either of the
courses of action indicated above, I see nothing left for those of us
responsible for development of low income housing than to recommend
at an early date the rezoning of this site, which I propose to do; and
intend to support it to the best of my ability. I hope that this will
Mr. Dobbs
Page Three
May 10, 1968
not be necessary and that you can see your way clear to carry out
proposal (1) indicated above.
Sincerely yours,
Dan E. Sweat, Jr.
DESJr:fy
Encl: Status Report on improvements in
community facilities recommended
in the Browntown area report
Tel. 522-4463 Area Code 404
May 10, 1968
IVAN ALLEN, JR., MAYOR
R. EARL LANDERS, Administrative Assistant
MRS. ANN M. MOSES, Executive Secretary
DAN E. SWEAT, JR., Director of Governmental Liaison
Mr. Robert Dobbs, Chairman
Citizens Neighborhood Action Committee
Northwest-Perry Homes Service Center
1927 Hollywood Road, N. W.
Atlanta, Georgia
Dear Mr, Dobbs:
As you know, the City of Atlanta has responded in a positive manner
to improvement of deficiencies in community facilities in the general
Perry Boulevard - Hollywood Road, N. W. area, which were so ably
pointed out by yourself and neighborhood groups in the area.
The proposed re-zoning of the Browntown Road site for a well
planned multi-unit housing development was deferred last fall and
is currently being delayed in consideration of the objections then
raised by the citizens of the area, because of the lack of community
facilities.
You are, of course, aware that as a direct result, the Planning
Department prepared a special study of the area, pointing up the
deficiencies that then existed and making specific recommendations
for improvements in the area. These recommendations were set
forth on pages 24, 25, and 26 of the Browntown area report.
—
A survey of the status of implementavion of the recommendations
contained in the Browntown area report has recently been made and
it was found that many of the recommended improvements have
already been accomplished, others have been initiated and are
now being carried out, while plans are in existence for making
additional improvements as soon as circumstances and funds permit,
A copy of this status report is attached,
Mr. Dobbs
Page Two
May 10, 1968
I think you will agree with me that considerable progress has been
made, The credit for these improvements is due in a large measure
to the helpful assistance and cooperation of the responsible citizens
of the area, whom you represent.
j | If Atlanta is to continue to progress and provide decent housing for all
-| of its citizens, we cannot afford to wait indefinitely for all desirable
—~ improvements, Many of these will have to be developed simultaneously
with development of the housing to serve the areas involved, The
City of Atlanta is committed to such a program,
‘The Browntown Road site location has been approved by both HUD and
the Housing Authority. It is designed to house 450 low and moderate
income families for which decent, safe and sanitary housing is
desperately needed. We cannot indefinitely deny these families
7 a suitable place to live,
In view of all that has already been accomplished and currently planned
in the nature of improvements for this area, I would very much like
to see you and other responsible citizens of the area:
1. Write a letter to the Chairman of the Zoning Committee (with
a copy to me) withdrawing your earlier objections to the
proposed Browntown Road Turnkey development and request
that it now be initiated.
2. Should you and others working with you not be able to submit
a positive recommendation for the project, then I solicit
your cooperation in not publicly further opposing it, when it
comes up for reconsideration,
In the event that you cannot see your way clear to follow either of the
courses of action indicated above, I see nothing left for those of us
responsible for development of low income housing than to recommend
at an early date the rezoning of this site, which I propose to do; and
intend to support it to the best of my ability. I hope that this will
Mr. Dobbs
Page Three
May 10, 1968
not be necessary and that you can see your way clear to carry out
proposal (1) indicated above.
Sincerely yours,
Dan E. Sweat, Jr.
DESJr:fy
Encl: Status Report on improvements in
community facilities recommended
in the Browntown area report