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4 <br />f <br />BUDGET DESIGNATES A LOT OF MONEY FOR ADMINISTRATION, BUT IT IS NECES- <br />SARY IN ORDER TO ORGANIZE AND MONITOR THESE PROGRAMS. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY EXPRESSED CURIOSITY AS TO WHY THEY FELT <br />THE.SUM OF $291,000 MIGHT BE AN ACCEPTABLE FIGURE. <br />MR. REGAN SAID HE HAD DISCUSSED THIS WITH ELIZABETH HAMILTON, <br />OUR FIELD REPRESENTATIVE, AND SHE HAD INDICATED THAT THIS WOULD BE A <br />GOOD RANGE TO APPLY FOR. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT INQUIRED ABOUT THE CATEGORY ENTITLED <br />"ARCHITECTURE%HOUSING STUDIES." <br />MR. REGAN STATED THAT AS THEY GET INTO REHABILITATION, THEY <br />MAY, SUBJECT TO THE BOARD'S APPROVAL, DECIDE TO DO ARCHITECTURAL STUDIES <br />OF THE HOUSING BEING REHABILITATED IN ORDER TO DO THIS ON A PROFESSIONAL <br />LEVEL. THIS CATEGORY IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR ANY PROFESSIONAL <br />SERVICES THAT MIGHT BE NEEDED. <br />MR, REGAN INFORMED THE BOARD THAT BILL BRISSOM, CONSULTANT <br />OF ADLEY & ASSOCIATES, HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO FLY OVER TO ATTEND THIS <br />MEETING BECAUSE OF BAD WEATHER CONDITIONS. <br />THE CHAIRMAN ASKED IF ANYONE PRESENT WISHED TO BE HEARD. <br />RALPH LUNDY CAME BEFORE THE BOARD REPRESENTING THE GIFFORD <br />PROGRESSIVE CIVIC LEAGUE AND THE UNITED CITIZENS IMPROVEMENT LEAGUE <br />AND NOTED THAT NOTHING WAS INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR RECREA- <br />TION, ALTHOUGH THIS HAD BEEN INCLUDED IN A LIST OF PRIORITIES AND RECOM- <br />MENDATIONS SUBMITTED TO THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. MR. LUNDY <br />NOTED THAT THE COUNTY LEASED 40.ACRES OF LAND FOR A PARK IN GIFFORD, <br />AND IF WE ARE NOT GOING TO APPLY FOR ANY MORE FUNDS FOR RECREATION, <br />THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PARK AND WILL HAVE <br />TO COME TO THE BOARD FOR ASSISTANCE. <br />MR. LUNDY ALSO FELT THAT IF FUNDS FOR HOUSING .ASSISTANCE ARE <br />ALLOCATED TO THE FARM WORKERS COUNCIL AND THE EOC, THAT THE COMMUNITY <br />DEVELOPMENT CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE SHOULD FORM A HOUSING COMMITTEE <br />TO MAKE A STUDY OF THE HOMES TO BE REPAIRED AND APPROVE THEM SINCE WE <br />ARE PAYING THE BULK OF THE MONEY. MR. LUNDY ASKED IN THE EVENT WE <br />GET LESS FUNDS THAN WE APPLY FOR, WHAT WOULD BE ELIMINATED? HE NOTED <br />THAT THE LIST OF STREETS CONTAINED SEVERAL THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE <br />BEEN SUBMITTED UNDER THE THIRD GRANT, AND HE WONDERED WHY THEY ARE ON <br />THIS LIST. <br />86 <br />APR 191978 - Book. 34 .332 <br />t <br />'J <br />