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CITY OF ATLANTA
DEPARTMENT of PARKS
Office of General Manager
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
May 11, 1967
JACK Cc. DELIUS
GENERAL MANAGER
Hon. Ivan Allen, Jr.
Mayor
City of Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
SUBJECT: Inquiry on Thomasville Park Site
Dear Mayor Allen:
Thank you for your letter of May 10, 1967 requesting informa-
tion on Thomasville Park Site.
This park is one of five urban renewal sites purchased with
1957 Bond Funds. $75,000 was ear-marked for the First Phase
development of the park. As the enclosed bid tabulation will
show, some $54,282.91 has already been spent on necessary and
essential grading, drainage, retaining walls, grassing, etc.
An additional $7,000 has been spent on topographic maps, plans
and specifications, advertising for bids, and water meters.
Therefore, we have spent to date $61,424.63. Contractor planted
only Winter grass since it was that time of the year and he is
now in a position to move back in and plant the permanent ground
cover.
At each and every meeting we held with the citizens of Thomasville
it was emphasized that the development of this park, like all
parks, had to be done in stages. A great deal of work has been
done on the land which would not be realized by simply looking at
the park site; for example, storm drainage is underground and
cannot be seen.
We anticipate spending an additional $14,500 during calendar year
1967 for the installation of a ball field and playground equipment.
Thomasville, in terms of acreage, is the largest park site we have
acquired in any urban renewal area. As a result, it will take
conceivably more money to develop. In developing Butler urban
renewal park site and Rawson Washington urban renewal park site we
were dealing with only three or four acres versus some 14 at
Thomasville. Therefore, the $75,000 we had available to spend on
Butler and Rawson Washington went a long way because there just
wasn't that much ground to develop. Thomasville a long way
Hon. Ivan Allen, Jr.
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from being completed and it along with some 75 other items
make up a total minimum park need over the next five years
of $184 million.
I have supplied all of the above information to Mr. Mosley
on several occasions and he has also discussed this project
with other people in the department. We have pointed out to
Mr. Mosley that such parks as Wilson Mill, Joyland, Daniel
Stanton, Harper Park, etc. are being built or were built in
stages.
Trusting the above will be of value, I am
Cordially,
ack C,. Delius
eneral Manager of
Parks and Recreation
JCD: bjw
DEPARTMENT of PARKS
Office of General Manager
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
May 11, 1967
JACK Cc. DELIUS
GENERAL MANAGER
Hon. Ivan Allen, Jr.
Mayor
City of Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
SUBJECT: Inquiry on Thomasville Park Site
Dear Mayor Allen:
Thank you for your letter of May 10, 1967 requesting informa-
tion on Thomasville Park Site.
This park is one of five urban renewal sites purchased with
1957 Bond Funds. $75,000 was ear-marked for the First Phase
development of the park. As the enclosed bid tabulation will
show, some $54,282.91 has already been spent on necessary and
essential grading, drainage, retaining walls, grassing, etc.
An additional $7,000 has been spent on topographic maps, plans
and specifications, advertising for bids, and water meters.
Therefore, we have spent to date $61,424.63. Contractor planted
only Winter grass since it was that time of the year and he is
now in a position to move back in and plant the permanent ground
cover.
At each and every meeting we held with the citizens of Thomasville
it was emphasized that the development of this park, like all
parks, had to be done in stages. A great deal of work has been
done on the land which would not be realized by simply looking at
the park site; for example, storm drainage is underground and
cannot be seen.
We anticipate spending an additional $14,500 during calendar year
1967 for the installation of a ball field and playground equipment.
Thomasville, in terms of acreage, is the largest park site we have
acquired in any urban renewal area. As a result, it will take
conceivably more money to develop. In developing Butler urban
renewal park site and Rawson Washington urban renewal park site we
were dealing with only three or four acres versus some 14 at
Thomasville. Therefore, the $75,000 we had available to spend on
Butler and Rawson Washington went a long way because there just
wasn't that much ground to develop. Thomasville a long way
Hon. Ivan Allen, Jr.
Page Two
from being completed and it along with some 75 other items
make up a total minimum park need over the next five years
of $184 million.
I have supplied all of the above information to Mr. Mosley
on several occasions and he has also discussed this project
with other people in the department. We have pointed out to
Mr. Mosley that such parks as Wilson Mill, Joyland, Daniel
Stanton, Harper Park, etc. are being built or were built in
stages.
Trusting the above will be of value, I am
Cordially,
ack C,. Delius
eneral Manager of
Parks and Recreation
JCD: bjw