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MAY <br />R <br />MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER, SECONDED BY <br />COMMISSIONER MASSEY, TO APPROVE THE FOREGOING LIST FOR ADDITIONAL ROAD <br />DEVELOPMENT UNDER THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED, AND COMMISSIONER Loy STATED SHE FELT THE <br />ROAD AND BRIDGE DEPARTMENT SHOULD BE CONGRATULATED FOR THE WORK *NEY <br />HAVE DONE. <br />THE CHAIRMAN CALLED FOR THE QUESTION, AND THE BOARD VOTED <br />UNANIMOUSLY IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION. <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER NEXT REPORTED ON THE REHABILITATION <br />OF DILAPIDATED HOUSES. HE STATED THEY ARE TRYING TO CONFINE THIS RE- <br />HABILITATION TO THE BASIC ELEMENTS AND KEEP IT AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE, <br />AND THEY HAVE FOUND THE BASIC INADEQUACY TO BE BATHROOMS AND ELECTRICAL <br />SYSTEMS. HE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT MOST OF THE OLD HOUSES IN THESE AREAS <br />ARE FRAME CONSTRUCTION AND HAVE HAD A PORCH ADDED ON THE FRONT AND ON THE <br />BACK. THE PLAN IS TO TEAR OFF THE OLD PORCHES AND REBUILD THE BACK PORCH <br />IN BLOCK, PUTTING IN A BATHROOM WITH A ROOM ADJACENT TO THE BATHROOM WHERE <br />YOU CAN PUT A PANEL BOX AND RUN CONDUITS THROUGH THE OLD !WALLS AND <br />BUILDING STRUCTURE SO THEY CAN HAVE AN ADEQUATE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. IN <br />OTHER::WORDS, THEY WILL BUILD A FREE STANDING BLOCK ROOM AND TIE IT INTO <br />THE OLD STRUCTURE. IN THIS MANNER THEY HOPE TO BE ABLE TO REHABILITATE <br />12 OR 15 HOUSES IN THE NEXT YEAR. HE POINTED OUT IF THEY TRIED TO BRING <br />THESE STRUCTURES UP TO MEET ALL STANDARDS, THEY WOULD ONLY BE ABLE TO DO <br />ABOUT TWO HOUSES. COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER NOTED THAT THE CITIZENS ADVISORY <br />COMMITTEE IS VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF THIS PLAN. <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER THEN DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY OF HIRING <br />EXTRA PERSONNEL IN THE ROAD AND BRIDGE DEPARTMENT TO DO THIS WORK. <br />COMMISSIONER MASSEY INQUIRED IF ANY REPAYMENT IS EXPECTED AS <br />HE FELT IF YOU DO TOO MUCH FOR PEOPLE THEY STOP TRYING TO HELP THEMSELVES, <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER.STATED THAT THE HOMES WILL BE VERY <br />CAREFULLY SCREENED AND THE WORK ONLY DONE FOR HOME OWNERS OF VERY LOW <br />INCOME, THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE WILL SET THE PRIORITIES. <br />21 <br />51976 7 <br />