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COUNTY PLANNER, VAL BRENNAN, APPEARED AND NOTED THAT THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS TO REVIEW THE FINAL APPLICATION FOR A HUD GRANT IN THE AMOUNT i OF $203,000. AFTER THIS HEARING, .THE APPLICATION WILL BE FORWARDED TO TALLAHASSEE FOR A-95 REVIEW, AFTER WHICH IT WILL BE SENT ON TO HUD NO LATER i THAN IiAY 13TH FOR FINAL REVIEW AND FUNDING, MR. BRENNAN INTRODUCED BILL BRISSOM AND HIS ASSOCIATE, STEVE SHEIDLER, OF ADLEY ASSOCIATES, WHO HAVE WORKED ON THE PREPARATION OF THIS APPLICATION. MR, BRENNAN NOTED j THAT IT HAS BEEN QUITE AN UNDERTAK:.!G TO GET THIS DONE IN THE ALLOTTED TIME, BILL BRISSOM, SENIOR -CONSULTANT WITH ADLEY ASSO'.'IATES;,. DISCUSSED THE CHANGES MADE SINCE THE PRE -APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED AND NOTED THAT THE PERCENTAGE OF SUBSTANDARD HOUSING HAS BEEN CHANGED FROM 9% TO 19%. THEY FELT THE OLD FIGURE CAME FROM THE 1970 CENSUS AND WAS NOT ACCURATE ANY MORE. MR. BRISSOM STATED THAT THE 19% FIGURE APPLIES ENTIRELY TO THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF THE COUNTY AND NOTED THAT THE INCREASE IN THE PER- CENTAGE FIGURE OF SUBSTANDARD HOUSING IS BENEFICIAL SINCE IT SHOWS A GREATER NEED. MR, BRISSOM CONTINUED THAT THE LONG TERM OBJECTIVES ARE IDENTICAL AND THE BUDGET IS IDENTIrAL TO AT SUBMITTED IN THE PRE - APPLICATION WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SPLITTING OUT OF ADMINISTRATION AND PLANNING AND MANAGEMENTS COSTS, THE TOTAL, HOWEVER, REMAINS THE SAME, AND THE ACTUAL ACTIVITIES ARE IDENTICAL, MR. BRISSOM CONTINUED THAT THERE r ARE TWO PORTIONS OF THE APPLICATION WHICH WERE NOT PREVIOUSLY GONE OVER THE HOUSING ASSISTANCE PLAN AND THE PERFORMANCE REPORT - AND ASKED -MR. SHEIDLER TO REVIEW THESE. -STEVE SHEIDLER NOTED THAT BASICALLY THE TABLES IN THE HOUSING ASSISTANCE PLAN REPORT TO HUD THE'HOUSING CONDITIONS AND SITUATION IN THE UNINCORPORATED PART OF THE COUNTY, AND HE FELT THEY PRESENT THE SITUA- TION MUCH MORE ACCURATELY THAN IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR S APPLICATION, HE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE AND MR. BRISSOM CONDUCTED THEIR OWN SURVEY, WHICH THEY FELT WAS CLOSER TO THE TRUTH THAN THE OLD CENSUS DATA AND NOTED THEY GOT THE VACANCY RATE FROM FLORIDA POWER & EIGHT FIGURES. CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED IF THE ADOPTION OF THE BUILDING CODE HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE INCREASED FIGURE FOR SUBSTANDARD HOUSING. 2 F 1I l �I 1.2 MAR 2 1977x.