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e <br />M <br />THE COMMITTEE ALSO WISHED TO ACQUAINT THE BOARD WITH THE FACT THAT THIS <br />IS NOT WHAT THE CONSULTANT, BILL BRISSOM OF ADLEY & ASSOCIATES, RECOM- <br />MENDED. <br />MR. REGAN EXPLAINED THAT MR. BRISSOM DID NOT FEEL IT WAS <br />LIKELY WE COULD GET A 3 -YEAR COMPREHENSIVE GRANT BECAUSE WE WOULD BE <br />COMPETING WITH MAJOR CITIES THAT HAVE LARGE GRANTS AND•LARGE STAFFS, <br />BUT HE FAVORED A I -YEAR COMPREHENSIVE GRANT AS OPPOSED TO A SINGLE - <br />PURPOSE GRANT, MR. BRISSOM FELT A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM COULD BE <br />ACCOMPLISHED IN A GIVEN AREA IN ONE YEAR, AND HIS RECOMMENDATION WAS <br />TO GO FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE GRANT, TAKE ONE OF OUR THREE TARGET AREAS, <br />C <br />AND DO PAVING, TEARING DOWN HOUSES, ETC. MR. REGAN STATED THAT HE <br />FELT YOU COULD NOT MAKE AN IMPACT OF THAT NATURE UNDER TWO YEARS, <br />MR. REGAN NOTED THAT A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM ADDRESSES ITSELF TO A <br />GIVEN TARGET AREA. AND MUST STAY WITHIN THAT SPECIFIC AREA, WHICH MAY <br />AMOUNT TO AS LITTLE AS 4 TO 9 BLOCKS. WITH A SINGLE -PURPOSE GRANT, <br />YOU MAY PICK ONE TYPE OF ACTIVITY, I.E., HOUSING, PUBLIC FACILITIES, <br />OR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND APPLY IT IN THE VARIOUS TARGET AREAS. <br />HE POINTED OUT THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DOES NOT RELATE TO OUR RURAL <br />SETTING, AND MR. BRISSOM FELT, SINCE THE COMMITTEE PREFERRED THE SINGLE - <br />PURPOSE GRANT, THAT IT WOULD BE BEST TO ADDRESS OURSELVES TO THE PUBLIC <br />FACILITIES, WHICH IS, IN ESSENCE, WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING - PAVING ROADS, <br />PUTTING IN CULVERTS, ETC, MR. REGAN INFORMED THE BOARD THAT, ALTHOUGH. <br />THE COMMITTEE FAVORS THE SINGLE -PURPOSE GRANT THIS YEAR, THEY ARE <br />LOOKING TOWARDS A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR. HE <br />STATED THAT THEY ARE ADVERTISING A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PRE -APPLICATION <br />FOR 5:01 P'.M. APRIL 19TH, <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER INFORMED THE BOARD THAT AT THE COMMUN- <br />ITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY MEETING, THEY APPROVED A PRIORITY SCHEDULE <br />AND LIST OF PROJECTS IN BOTH WABASSO AND GIFFORD, WHICH WILL BE BROUGHT <br />TO THE BOARD LATER. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT REPORTED TO THE BOARD.ON THE SCREENING <br />OF THE APPLICATIONS FOR THE POSITION OF PLANNING & ZONING DIRECTOR AND <br />NOTED THAT OUT OF 33 APPLICATIONS, THE SCREENING COMMITTEE ALL CAME UP <br />63 <br />ROOK 34 Pw <br />