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n MR. BRISSOM STATED THAT HE AND MR, BRENNAN HAVE DISCUSSED THIS SITUATION AND AGREED THAT IF THE REHABILITATION PROGRAM WERE CARRIED OUT AS PLANNED (JUST ADDING A NEW SEPARATE ROOM ONTO AN OLD STRUCTURE) THAT THERE COULD BE MANY PROBLEMS AS HUD DOES NOT ALLOW REHABILITATION TO LESS *',THAN HOUSING CODE.- HE NOTED THAT PROPERTY OWNERS WHO ARE REQUIRED TO BRING THEIR RESIDENCES UP TO CODE MIGHT OBJECT IF THE COUNTY WERE NOT REQUIRED TO DO THE SAME AND FURTHER NOTED THAT, ALTHOUGH YOU WOULD BE ADDI''G A GOOD KITCHEN, THE ROOF IN THE OLD PART OF THE HOUSE COULD STILL CAVE IN. ALSO PEOPLE MIGHT TEND TO LIVE IN UNSAFE BUILDINGS EVEN LONGER IF THEY WERE PARTIALLY REHABILITATED, ALL IN ALL, HE FELT REHABILITATION NOT TO CODE IS VERY RISKY. MR, BRISSOM SUGGESTED THAT CONSIDERATION COULD BE GIVEN TO USING THE $20,900 ON HAND FOR REHABILITATION TO CODE, AND POINTED OUT THAT NO REHABILITATION CAN BE DONE UNLESS SOME IMPROVEMENTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN DONE IN THAT AREA, SUCH AS PAVING OF STREETS OR IMPROVING DRAINAGE, MR. BRENNAN NOTED THAT WE DO NOT HAVE THE STAFF TO DO REHABILI- TATION, AND COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER POINTED OUT THAT A STANDARD CONTRACT FOR REHABILITATION COULD NOT BE LET AS EACH STr?UCTURE IS DIFFERENT. MR. BRISSOM STATED THAT IN BELLE GLADE REHABILITATION IS RUNNING BETWEEN $3,000 TO $5,000 ON HOUSES THAT ARE NOT IN TOO BAD CONDITION. COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER SUGGESTED JUST ADDING ANOTHER $20,000 FOR REHABILITATION IN THIS APPLICATION ON TOP OF THE $20,000 FROM THE PREVIOUS GRANT SO THAT THE PROJECT WILL NOT END THIS YEAR AND NOTED THAT OUT OF THE 12 TO 15 CONSIDERED FOR REHABILITATION ONLY FOUR OR FIVE MAY BE ELIGIBLE. HE STATED THAT HE AND BUILDING DIRECTOR ADAMS HAVE ACTUALLY INSPECTED THREE HOUSES, THE CHAIRMAN ASKED IF ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISHED TO BE HEARD. THERE WERE NONE. COUNTY PLANNER BRENNAN STATED FOR THE RECORD THAT THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MET MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1976, AND REVIEWED THE STATE- MENT FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION AND DID SUBSCRIBE. TO THAT STATEMENT, WHICH CALLED FOR IMPROVING OF ROADS AND DRAINAGE AND DEMOLITION OF UNSAFE AND DILAPIDATED RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES, HE NOTED THAT REHABILITATION WAS NOT DISCUSSED, BUT THE COMMITTEE WILL BE MEETING BETWEEN CHRISTMAS AND THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARING, AND THIS ITEM WILL BE BROUGHT UP SO THEY CAN MAKE ANY INPUT DESIRED IN REGARD TO REHABILITATION AT THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARING,. 57 DEC 15 19-76 27 489