al par percent hat you visited done Tareas ld you give you the fullest measure of time that we can to ask anything that concerns the committee. But I don't want to consume too much of the mayor's time. Now, if you have another question, I think we can extend it a minute or so. Mr. Reuss? Mr. REUSS. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mayor Daley, Congressman Moorhead a moment ago was exploring with you the problem of the size of the demonstration cities program. He made the point that even if the present $2.3 in the program is exto have panded by the Congress initially, there probably won't be enough money to take care of every city's desire. Just as Mr. Moorhead's optime ran out he was discussing with you the proposed Ashley-Moorlarger head-Reuss amendment which says that the sections or neighborhoods to be helped by the demonstration grant program should be those subject to high-priority economic and social pressures, such as population density, crime rate, public welfare participation, delinquency, poverty, unemployment, educational levels, health and disease characteristics, and substandard housing. The purpose of that amendment is to see that the funds are channeled to the areas where they will do the most good. We are not under the impression that these limited funds will handle every such high-priority project either. But we welcome your reaction to this kind of an effort. ing And! Mr. DALEY. I would say, Congressman, that that is the criterion under which anyone would develop the program. Certainly these are the neighborhoods we should go to first, and any other deviation from that would be not in accordance with the concept of this legislation. This would be our criteria in determining the project area. We are thinking about areas like Lawndale and East Garfield Park and West Garfield Park and many others. Mr. REUSS. Which will satisfy the kind of criteria I have mentioned? Mr. DALEY. Yes. Mr. REUSS. Another amendment we are proposing, Mayor Daley, has to do with research and development in new systems of urban transport. And they are amendments which would be in addition, of course, to the renewal of the Urban Transportation Act of 1964. Our amendment would direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to report back to the Congress by next year with a draft program for research and development and demonstration of new systems of coordinated urban transportation that will carry people and goods within metropolitan areas speedily, safely, without polluting the air, in a manner that will contribute to sound city planning. The amendment goes on to provide that the programing envisaged should try for a breakthrough within 5 years after it was adopted by the Conress, that it should take into account not just the technological, but also the financial, economic, governmental and social aspects, and that the role of the Federal Government would be to provide leadership for the efforts of States, localities, private industries, universities, and foundations. How would you feel about such a proposal? Mr. DALEY. I think this is a necessary ingredient of rebuilding a neighborhood and community. And I would like to point out, Congressman, that we are attempting this ourselves in Chicago to study and research, through Mr. Duba, the whole question of local transportation, not piecemeal, but how the railroads relate to mass transportation. And then I think as you know we were the first city in the United States to put a median strip on an expressway running out to the suburbs. We hope to do this also on the Kennedy and Ryan expressways. And we know, as your amendment points out, that you cannot talk about rebuilding the cities or the suburbs without talking about mass transportation and the movement of people. We are concerned about how you move people from their places of employment to where they live. And we are hopeful that we can come up, as you mentioned with new ideas, with new concepts, for example, the use of our local transportation facilities on the right-of-way of railroads, with possibly the taking over of the railroad completely. And we have also talked about lines for buses with no interference from passenger cars. And we think what you are suggesting there is highly desirable, to undertake research to develop coordinated transportation systems for our cities and particularly the metropolitan area. Mr. REUSS. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. BARRETT. Mr. Mayor, this is certainly very helpful and very constructive testimony you have given here this morning. And I think the members have some more questions. Mr. DALEY. I would be willing to cooperate and stay as long as is necessary, Mr. Chairman, because this is a very important subject. Mr. BARRETT. If you begin to wear down, let us know. Mr. DALEY. I don't wear down quickly. Mr. BARRETT. Mr. Harvey? Mr. HARVEY. Mr. Mayor, for the record, could you submit a breakdown of your list of completed urban renewal projects, the amount of land in use now, and for what general purposes, the amount contracted for but not yet in use, and the amount offered but as yet unaccepted. Mr. DALEY. We will furnish that to the chairman. Mr. HARVEY. Will you furnish that for the chairman? (The information requested follows:) Mr. JOHN J. MCEWAN, DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING, City of Chicago, April 4, 1966. Staff Director, Housing Subcommittee, House Banking and Currency Committee, Washington, D.C. DEAR MR. MCEWAN: When Mayor Daley testified before Congressman Barrett's subcommittee, he was asked for information concerning disposition of land in Chicago's urban renewal projects. Enclosed herein is the information covering the overall program and more detailed data on 11 projects which have been closed out. If additional information would be helpful to any committee members, please let me know. Sincerely, JOHN G. DUBA, Commissioner. DEPARTMENT OF URBAN RENEWAL, CITY OF CHICAGO ANALYSIS OF LAND DISPOSITION, MARCH 31, 1966 The 27 redevelopment projects and 5 conservation projects undertaken to date in Chicago's urban renewal program will make available a total of 883.4 acres of land for redevelopment in both public and private uses. As shown in the attached table, 606.5 acres or 68.7 percent have been approved for sale by the department of urban renewal board and redevelopment is either completed, in process, or about to begin. However, a more accurate measure of progress in land disposition would be the relationship of land approved for sale to that available for sale. Of the total land designated for redevelopment, 201.6 acres are included in projects which have just come into execution or in projects where land acquisition and relocation have not been completed. This land, therefore, is not now available for sale and redevelopment. Of the 681.8 acres of land which have been cleared and made available for redevelopment, the 606.5 acres approved for sale comprise 89.0 percent of the total. In addition, 10.6 acres of land have been offered for sale and developers will be approved within the very near future. That is, 617.1 acres of land or 90.5 percent of the 681.8 acres of land available for sale have been either sold or are in the process of sale. Only 64.7 acres or 9.5 percent of land cleared and available for sale have not yet been offered. This land will be publicly offered for sale in the coming months in accordance with the department's schedule of offerings for 1966. Mayor Richard J. Daley has called urban renewal "the city's most important program affecting every activity of city government." Its objective is to elimi nate from our city all slum dwellings and to rebuild and conserve our neighbor hoods so that every family will live in a healthy and attractive environment. In the renewal process, the quality of the housing and the desirability of the neighborhoods are improved; schools, parks, and recreational areas are built t keep pace with changing needs of the community; new industrial and commercia districts are created; space is made available to meet growth needs of the city' 7 M institutional centers; traffic patterns are revised to eliminate congestion and hazards. Passage of the Illinois Blighted Areas Redevelopment Act of 1947 made possible the start of Chicago's slum clearance program and preceded the enactment of similar Federal legislation in 1949. The Chicago community improvement program was broadened in 1953 with passage of the Illinois Urban Community Conservation Act which, again, embodied principles later written into Federal legislation in 1954 stressing rehabilitation of existing buildings. Chicago's renewal program consists of 30 redevelopment projects totaling 1,055 acres and 7 rehabilitation projects covering 1,886 acres. Total public investment in the program including Federal, State, and local funds amounts to approximately $250 million. Private investment for new construction and rehabilitation is estimated to be approximately 4 to 5 times as much. Already completed in urban renewal projects are 6,089 apartments and 419 townhouses with an estimated 7,000 more units planned or in some phase of development; 103 commercial and industrial buildings have been completed at an approximate cost of $30 million; 40 institutional buildings have been completed at an approximate cost of $65 million; 85 acres are allocated for public parks and playgrounds. It is expected that the community improvement program will be expanded and accelerated in the next several years with the addition of 10 more redevelopment and conservation projects which are presently in the study stage; a simultaneous code enforcement drive including the demolition of 1,000 dangerously, dilapidated buildings outside project areas. A five-member board appointed by the mayor and approved by the city council establishes policy for the operation of the department. Lewis W. Hill, chairman and commissioner, is chief administrative officer with R. G. Zundel as deputy commissioner. Other members of the board are Norman F. Barry, television and radio commentator; Delbert W. Coleman, chairman of the board and president of the Seeburg Corp.; James D. Green, vice president of Northern Trust Co.; Robert N. Landrum, real estate broker. DEPARTMENT OF URBAN RENEWAL, CITY OF CHICAGO PROJECT FACT SHEET Project name.-Lake Meadows (project No. I). Location-South central area, 4 miles south of the Loop. Bounded on the north by 31st Street and Michael Reese Hospital-Prairie Shores redevelopment project, on the east by the Illinois Central Railroad and Lake Michigan, on the south by Groverland Park, 35th Street and the 37th Cottage Grove redevelopment project, and on the west by South Parkway. Project closed out (final settlement with Federal Government) August 30, 1963. Relocation 3, 416 180 |