Box 8, Folder 21, Document 31

OFFICE OF CITY CLERK
CITY HALL
ATLANTA, GEORGIA

A RESOLUTION

BY ALDERMEN G, EVERETT MILLICAN AND E, GREGORY GRIGGS

WHEREAS, the Model Cities Program was instituted for the
purpose of improving the educational, social, employment, and

housing of citizens in low-income areas; and,

WHEREAS, one of the prime purposes of this program is to
improve employment opportunities of citizens living within the Model

Cities area; and,

WHEREAS, the City of Atlanta has received the first year's

grant amounting to more than seven million ($7,000,000,000) dollars

and this money will be used for many and varied projects; and,

WHEREAS, these projects will be put out under contract by
the City of Atlanta upon recommendation of several groups, including
individuals within the area, Model Cities Mass Convention, Model
Cities staff, the Model Cities Review Board and the Model Cities
Executive Committee, with final approval by the Board of Aldermen;

and,

WHEREAS, it is extremely desirable that as many jobs as
possible covered by such contracts should be given to residents of
the Model Cities area in furtherance of the purposes of the Act
creating Model Cities, consonant with the proper use of funds to

be expended under the Program by the City of Atlanta:






NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Board of
Aldermen of the City of Atlanta that the personnel policies and
practices of the Model Cities Program and its contracting agencies
shall provide that in all work made possible by or resulting from
the grant agreement above referred to, affirmative action be taken
to insure that residents of the Model Neighborhood Area are given
maximum opportunity for training and employment, as hereinafter set
forth, consonant with the proper use of funds to be expended under
the Program by the City of Atlanta:

1. The Model Cities Program and its contracting ducetes
shall conjunctively or individually devise systems using all recognized
means of communications for those neighborhoods to adequately inform

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Cities Program, that information as to qualifications, rate of pay,
where to apply, and closing dates shall be included, and that, if
reasonably possible, an application office be located within the

Model Cities Area;

2. A minimum of ten (10) days shall be allowed for receiving
applications from Model Cities residents following the full initiation
of the areawide information system;

3, The Model Cities Program and its contracting agencies
be encouraged to develop comprehensive systems for progressively
training and dsetading workers at all levels through such proven
methods as New Careers, job ladders, she and that these systems
should include subsidized formal education at the secondary, technical,

and/or college levels; and,




4, This Board shall give top consideration to providing
additional funding for agencies and programs emphasizing the develop-
ment of Model Cities Area residents for positions being created by

Model Cities programming;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the proposed personnal procedures
and practices of all contracting agencies shall be submitted as part
of their program proposals and shall become a part of the final
contract, grant, or agreement, upon the approval of this Board, and
that agencies with programs already under contract shall be strongly

urged to establish procedures and practices in line with these guide-

lines within the existing programs, and that their willingness and/or

ability to do so will be a major criteria in determining the renewal

of existing contracts, grants, or agreements, under this program;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be
furnished to all existing contracting agencies, and to all agencies
or organizations which indicate interest in seeking Model Cities

contracts, grants, or agreements.

ADOPTED By Board of Aldermen August 18, 1969

APPROVED August 20, 1969