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HomeMy WebLinkAboutpc_11 06 1944 Planning Commission_21st Annual Conference AMAE tr �i s1311aar ON TEL sWxRrY—rtIAsY aNMaL coxFEUxct L� p� AMMICAS MUNICIPAL ASSOOIATIOx DIACKSTOU MTSL, CRIC400, OCT019XR $5.26,27 I1 By $ gdward O. oebstor November S. N44 6eve►n Arkansas delegates attended the third wartime oonf©rozoe on =uaieipal probim-is, hold in t'=c Bellrocsr of the Dlaokst•--,ne Hotel. Chioaga. Three of the Statw ' s delsotes were Arm Little Reek -- He C. Ort:hsi^, City Clorki Roy Buard, City Collootors and Edward 0, NOsto , Eng,im-ar-Strootor, City PlaxaUK Co iierAen. :artiA Little Rook wma rai;r ,warted by ::lonia Lirl..ur;Ain p City 1.Lt:)raey and eerotury to the Arku-na6s sualeipal T ea.b-ue, fort . mit h, Perris and :.old were reprosentod by ..uyer Cbas�er Rolland, -layer d. S. undrid-a and ®yar, Albert 'ruves,, r�: spectivi�.y. tiara irnu.4 teXc-a by outs, ;o u.- ng cauthoarities on aaatters pertaining to i:zun-oipal ?:::,zovezient� highlighted t:ho three dt Y sossioa, and round -table disaussic►as oa municipal problems ::are ,iven 'b3 ropresentutivue of various eities and tow-ne throughout the country. L=aheon so.-,Aons vier* held each aeon in -,)wj Large Freush Roam, with a 'L-,u�uat 1A the t'allroom, Thursday evening. aotober 86th. Cities Should Be Not D1�= But Ratner The openix4; session was presided over by Debert Ao Olson of ate, Arbor, Xiehl -an g yr'esidont of r w ,ia► xicoan Mmieij: r l A asoci,ation. with :-a or Wile )n Wo Louisville, isentuoky. the prinoipal spoaker. 'mayor iiqatt save L.0 axoaptionally fine dissertation on *What of the Citiee aftar the !Art" He emphasized .tum,4rou _ points in a program for !::akin- our sities bettor please in which to live .:ad i:ork. . v urged the euforee::,ent of measurof for thj abuta.. nt of noise, &T.oka, dirt and a ,hur noisanceal and stated thint there should be better parrs, i..laygrounds and othsr reor,�etional faeilitise -- better water and sanitation. :ia su;;;;estvd th&t ,-arba ;e aolleation could be improved by the use of olosodg all -stool truoks that load %bj4 rgh oranings near the around rather that: on top; and he urged ,adoptions of an extensive pro, - .,rim of urbtu: re- developtaent by I_ousing and alum elim nAtiese mayor yatL rueo:_,:aandod %fait eertuin im;-roycx%ornto by t:.ai le in the adaWstrative ssehinory of a city, gad �-hs=t agate atun.ioipal loaf uas east lead swoh influezes toihnrd s'treenlining outmod©d methods of loewrl govem,tOntso There shoald bo an equitable re -assess a t of property to rsplaoo the wasteful hit-and- :::iss �.,ethode praotiood, socording to :.yor .,yatt; and her emphasised that -1- thor3 should bu closer r-ad better 000:vration between a city and its neigmering towns -Ad communities. ;;itluz Com urad to Shipwrecked jailors iayor 11,yatt wade an amusing and striking aiialady► when, he told a story about some shipwrecked antlers who had taken to a lift boat and %arm tossed about for days on the oceans Their supplies ran out d they wars dying of thirst, At last one of their number sighted a ship, &nd L.s it came closer they ailed that they wanted waster. The ship eLValed bask "Gast down your buckets where you aro -r► you're JA the Muth of the 1,;=asen." No further stressed the i's4?ortance of Fame rule and 'irndepaadeuao, stating that f1nansial independence is the first requLsi►te, dad that the shies' over all needs an4 ebjootivas should bo oureftily pl+anzed. --;t&r of `.rives ti,eloonLaa Addreas :.agar Bdvard d. Kelly of Chicago gaga a short address of -wc:lo aIau to the we-msers of the Aseoolatienit, stating that he was v-,ry busy not only with the aff*lrs of Chioago, but with the political affairs of Illinois as well. lie outlined mane' of Mosgo'a desirable features, plash special empiLhals on its flae 1:ur�.s and parkway developments, good water., sappy►, vxoellent trkasportati+an and its a,dertinistrative efflaienoy. i *uz1ai eroblems :,Izouasod The general aP" arnaon sessioa of October Beth i.«s dusted to discussi=ns ass housing perablems as related to urban rs—L:ev'elopmant, slum elin; ral tier and disposition of t w: poraary ..cr housing. : ter. John b. Blan4twd, Jr., Administrait W for the Nat1t,-, A Boating Authority ca priaei,aal speaaker, offered much oonst,ruetivrve inforl.L.tlos an thi' subjoot. Mr. Bja x ford dissuas3d a few of the problems. ishieh may &rise over the demolition of wmr hoaaaiang projects r+hero there is stilt, a demand for housing In the ao=-aLalty. iie mtEatead that reoornversion is a logical solution its this problem in the absence of mew honein„ projects of as pernaAeat mature. He listed as the n000ssury tools fbr hat aiag pro;ramst (1) Moderaizatl= of building codes to Insatre modern, safe ocustraations (2) 'Zoning ordinances which oonform with the city plan of developments and (3) Subdivision control doh will prevent huphfaaard development of the city. It ws urgoo that oompleto housing ilivenLoriee should be made so as to evaluate existing s trueturvey end deterxaine the rased for addlitia. ul using t nd Improvorwats. J4r. blandf'crd fUrther urged that the hmsing industry broaLion 14is -a- hatiaou to inalu a a higher type of housing =:ith Correspondingly higher Costs and a broader market. He planed the responsibility for sl}a:>• and blighted areas squarely upon cities and local enterprise as their problons to be solved by -araas of urban ra- dovelo,+r+euti and that low rent housing pro raua should have as a goal decent ho:aos for everyone. Iwmodistsly following this talk, Air, niter H. blusher, Wzvoutive Director, American Society of Planning Offisials, :,a�, a di3sussion of problovis growing out of almua mud blighted arena, e•nphasising the need for additional stats enabling legislation for urban rededelopmont. Seelal And toononie Problems In Urban _csdevelopment ayor Harley Knox, San Diego, questioned the i asibility of rehabilitating low inee ne iamilibs in down -town ro-developed ::ream, stating that their work is largely in the outlying Industrial areas. .Miss 11.. aabeth Wood, gxdoutive 3,3aret ry. Chicago Housing Authority, ga a'e an topic Interesting/an the topic *fto livas in the alums?" her argument �vt=s that because of social disadvantages, the occupants of aline arw.. s ire not now esonomie =lly or mooially fit for rehabilitation under better busing conditions. Shz stressed the used for more recreational arias, advoc-Aed Coordinated planning of City health de,trtmenta and city building departments, and urged store *&operation botween Cities., and local housing authorities in matters of land planning and construction. Mayor Jennings L. Thompson, Spartanburg, South Carolina, diseusscd probler=:s of southern cities in the watter of asgre alum areas, end was joined by representatives of set-xr,il ether southern states. Thoso problems involved the peouliar type of substandard dwellings, the r=tpidity of growth of colored areas, l.nd the senUw and fir, ordiaanse: proble-s involved. $uggosted nossuros for lleviating theso problems wero the providing of better schools, recreation u-nd other ravans of social and esonomis improvement. Public .:ork:s "reeds `Asoussed The principal speaker at the morning nossion, October 86th wt.s G* Donald Kennedy* Vloo-President„ Auto-At.ive Safety foundation, at a shiugton, D. 0.. nr. Yea,,edy disousee4 provisions of n-ending federal hi hway aid legislation, namely, the Senate or HWdeu bill, and the House or Robin@Va Bill* He urgod that Aides take immadiste steps toward prez:sring well-enginocr©d ple.L,g four post-%var sonstrustion of neesssaT , worth-ahile projects, in oonnRCtion with an ,fequst'ti job of long-term City p3.n nin -3w Xr# *o ,rgo H. Fields A sistiaatt to the A z -ini�t safest, vvderal ;corks Agonay, Rosh.-tagtou, D. C., tanked on W-7 topiet, "Peat . s4r Publie -orks PlwMina-." No 6xp3ai Lod Titles y, of the ]-go Bill (The , qr 'obilireution end it000nvorsiona Act of 19") whieh authori,zon the : ederril *rs Aganoy to ac' :a::c• fund to olties and other publie agencies for Chu prwi.:: Aon of ;wtailod publie -�:orks ple n and spaoi+ioatsions. He ox iplainad that this bill provides th�-,t no loans or a.ivame-js shall be rmtde with Pespoot to any in4IYV-•r^l proj•wat usl}ass it son or::* to an ov3r-all pls,a approved by oorapetent local nuthwitl<:e. Ile potted out thr t City Plaanlag "onniselons are crested with tho responsibility of deterninini IV?Zr�!ii3a proposed mualoipel projQot fits into Vio overall eity plan.-.Xooutlnc., ti-w plans is to be the responsibility of local 7, )vernr;ental whisk are ex;,aoted to stalve their financial yroblems berare goUW to the, odesrt l lovern::ont, lid stated. Income , ax y:A`-metod ;a tiros of ;unioipaZ uv+snue In the ::ftoruwa sossion,, Ostober B$th, Colcaeel Kavanaugh urt;vrl that unis3pa c ifri eu . -L-A list of needed raterial s and equlpcont to the B. W. P. A. In within Me next Vao weoks if they wish to be asoorued preford-Aial treataten` In the di-t ribution of surplus rear propeorties. The Prfaolpal speaker for the afternoon was Dr. Herold Woves, '. ro:'yssor of Economies, University of Wisconsin, -Pho talkod on the tropic, "ior Shall Our Cities be Piaunood T" He suggested several sources of rovunut, for oitias to supplr^ont +.hv usuaIly inadequate revenue from prop-�rty traxatlea. Re stressed the n,rod for an inoom:� preferably one independent of the State or County, to be oollooted solely by the munielpality. An alternate melhod prssa:z :ed was a supplawntal ino's,-3e Lox solleotod by the Statb and al-arod 1A by the :- inielpalitlos or other local governr:esnts. Jtber forms of taxation uwationed insludod a 'suppl*-.*ntal seders tax and an an►uset-;ent tax. ire Oravas cited this MI-delphis Uwasse tax systa:n as u model :•Ldeh other oiti could :;all afford to : rvoxtizate WIA t:ttarn aftor. icopraseatatives frost numerous. sitles onntributed to the roundgt;able disov:ssion ma,,ta of which complained that their pror•ertT tax limitations of ar)vad fifteen mills more time strineeat for tf,.- propor Manning of their partiettl,�r eity. ,AlrLoort latarests should he Fxot eated-*31M 'nw morning sessian, 3otober t?th, Ursa devoted to thu &moral disoAssLaa of Airixwts, with Kra 14illis= f=urgoss, Civil Aerosutles Adninistratoa9, end Alfred McDonald# • ax:_ Cm -a- ssionor, VtieUta, La. sas# as prIneipal speakcrao Sass e:uphssls e+Js placed an the necessity for monin{; eroas surrounding the airport in order to proteat the nuniol alitias O%nancial interezte againat ancrovah^.ants end potential hazards, It waa at eted thkt luvA,.uaats and heithte should be restriatod and that suba tudLrd di,elllaga, should he oli.r..inated in the 3mwdiatie vlainity of the airport, ►fir. Burgess annommed that a revised CAA model scain„ embling act is being prepared for reioase ear-matioe In Hovembor of this youre be cave a Ii nAl appeal to eitios to oUan up their *Airport Nava" and strozeed_ the tvgortanco of cleanliness and neatness of eirports and their iwildin7s, iia mentioned the a proved term *Air Pork* itt corinsotion with his ,.los for the groper landscape devoloj=ent of all a it orts, Tbo sub3oot of roadside 'OrliCht strips* %as disouasod, but it ims leamod that thaso auxiliary airpft4e are not eno,7uraged by CAA. and that their ametruction with - eadersl funds might defeat the possibility of oil-les getting Subsequent aid ftir airporl, emstraetleso ar. Charles 'S, Rhyne, Executive Dir"tor, Utional, Institute of Maniotpal. Law Offloos,-,;A4Maa9tam, 4. C., was present, and spoke briefly Ga now legislatioap afteoting airpwt emstruetioon and manapam9nt, fie contended that-odoral funds for a irpart eonstruvtiorn should bet be '7:z=elle4 through ste=,to agenoies as P' -iposeda INt the t" should deal directly with eltier: no is the rya st. ::etrose of and r roses at At the lun9honu aesadon ea the fi-.a<l day, 4. Louis drowilar, rotirinu Director of the PuMLe Adminlstration Clavrft& Hausa# 1313 bast Sixtieth Street, Chleago, Savo a fi ttiaw, ,climax to the three-day omterenceo 4 reviewed the past history of the nmarioan AAniaipal Lea►guo and affiliated orga!,isft%Ions f9ron lowly beuinninf;s *ad Unanalal struggles om the mataapus of the Ruiverstfy or emeacee He pom tad with pride to their soMew4mant;s and to their present large-sealo a of ivity in a fine-ersanent building aa�dsr the ftnannial sponscr$Up er the �pallmrn Rovkefellor f wadation and other philanthropio argenisations. Mrs h'hemilar predicted a glorious prospeat for the aeua n-Isation„ •it h groatsr and rojre far- rsashift aetivitles to acme. Kng J vo r o _ 9 City Flanninr, Commission