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r <br />MR. BRENNAN INTRODUCED WILLIAM BRISSOM OF ADLEY ASSOCIATES, INC., <br />TO REVIEW THE PRE -APPLICATION IN DETAIL. <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER NOTED THAT REHABILITATION WAS NOT MEN- <br />TIONED IN THE PRE -APPLICATION, AND HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT RUNNING INTO THE <br />.NEXT YEAR WITH HIS REHABILITATION PROGRAM, WHICH HE THOUGHT WOULD END IN <br />JULY. <br />MR. BRENNAN STATED THAT IT HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO SEPTEMBER, AND <br />MR, BRISSOM WILL ENLARGE ON THEIR REASONS FOR SETTING UP THE PRE -APPLICATION <br />THIS WAY. <br />MR. BRISSOM EXPLAINED THAT THE PRE -APPLICATION IS BASED ON WHAT <br />HE FEELS IS THE BEST WAY TO GET GRANT APPROVAL, HE FELT THAT TO DO REHAB- <br />ILI�I'ON YOU WOULD HAVE TO MEET MINIMUM HOUSING CODE STANDARDS WHICH <br />WOULD COST QUITE A BIT PER RESIDENCE, AND YOU WOULD ALSO HAVE TO WORK UP <br />CERTAIN POLICIES TO DETERMINE HOW THE PEOPLE ARE ELIGIBLE AND THEIR PART <br />OF THE RESPONSIBILITY. MR. BRISSOM ESTIMATED THE COST OF REHABILITATION <br />BETWEEN $5,300 TO $7,000 PER UNIT AND FELT SOMEONE WOULD HAVE TO BE HIRED <br />FULL TIME TO HANDLE THE ADMINISTRATIVE END AND THE FINANCIAL ASPECTS. <br />MR. BRISSOM STATED HE DID NOT FEEL REHABILITATION NECESSARILY MUST BE DONE, <br />AND HE WOULD NOT SUGGEST GOING INTO REHABILITATION FOR THE THIRD YEAR UNTIL <br />YOU SEE HOW IT WORKS OUT IN THE SECOND YEAR, HE CONTINUED THAT HE FELT <br />THE IMPORTANT THING IS TO UPGRADE FACTORS RELATING TO HOUSING, MAINLY THE <br />UNIMPROVED STREETS WHICH HAMPER PROPER HOME MAINTENANCE. MR, BRISSOM <br />THEN DISCUSSED DILAPIDATED RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES WHICH NEED TO BE REMOVED <br />TO PREVENT CONTINUED OCCUPANCY OF UNSAFE BUILDINGS AND ELIMINATE BLIGHTING <br />INFLUENCES, HE NOTED THAT HUD PREFERS TO HAVE APPLICATIONS FOR SPECIFIC <br />AMOUNTS ADDRESSED TO CURING SPECIFIC PROBLEMS RATHER THAN JUST ASKING FOR <br />THE LARGEST AMOUNT. MR. BRISSOM DISCUSSED THE MAPS ATTACHED TO THE APPLI- <br />CATION SHOWING THE TARGET AREAS AND ASKED IF THE COMMISSIONERS OR ANYONE <br />IN THE AUDIENCE HAD ANY OTHER ACTIVITIES THEY MIGHT WISH TO SEE UNDERTAKEN <br />IN THIS PROGRAM. <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER NOTED THAT THERE IS $20,000 EARMARKED FOR <br />REHABILITATION FROM THE SECOND GRANT AND WE ARE JUST TRYING TO GET A PRO- <br />GRAM STARTED TO REVAMP SOME OF THE ELECTRICAL AND IMPROVE SOME OF THE SUB- <br />STANDARD HOMES TO SOME EXTENT. HE FELT WE WOULD HAVE.TO GIVE UP THIS <br />PROGRAM IF NOTHING MORE WERE COMING IN NEXT YEAR, <br />p <br />DEC 151976 <br />I <br />