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i <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER EXPLAINED THAT MR. REGAN TOOK THE <br />PRIORITY LIST AND GROUPED THE ROADS THAT WERE IN A*CERTAIN AREA BECAUSE <br />THE GOVERNMENT PREFERS THAT WE CONCENTRATE ON ONE AREA AT A TIME. <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER POINTED OUT THAT WE ARE JUST STARTING OUR THIRD <br />YEAR PROGRAM NOW AND WILL BE FOLLOWING RIGHT ON THROUGH INTO NEXT YEARS <br />PROGRAM SO THE ROADS WILL BE BUILT, BUT THE PRIORITY HAS BEEN SHUFFLED <br />AROUND A LITTLE IN ORDER TO GROUP THE ROADS AND IMPROVE OUR CHANCES <br />OF BEING FUNDED. <br />MR, LUNDY ONCE AGAIN STATED THAT HE FELT THE PARK IS THE <br />PROJECT THAT WOULD BE USED BY THE MOST PEOPLE AND THAT FUNDS SHOULD BE <br />INCLUDED FOR RECREATION. <br />COMMISSIONER Loy POINTED OUT THAT MR. LUNDY SUBMITTED A LIST <br />OF RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHICH THEY REVIEWED, AND <br />THE PROPOSED PROGRAM IS WHAT THE COMMITTEE IS RECOMMENDING. <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER NOTED THAT PARKS WERE THE NUMBER ONE <br />PRIORITY IN THE THIRD YEAR GRANT, ANIT APPARENTLY MR. LUNDY IS ASKING IF <br />THE PARKS ARE NOT COMPLETED IN THIS YEAR'S PROGRAM, WILL WE HAVE TROUBLE <br />COMPLETING THEM IN NEXT YEAR'S EXPENDITURES. <br />MR. REGAN STATED THAT HE IS IN COMPLETE ACCORD WITH MR. LUNDY <br />IN REGARD TO PARKS. HE NOTED THAT THEY HAVE ALLOCATED FUNDS FROM <br />THE SECOND YEAR FOR PARKS, BUT -THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1977 <br />REQUIRES THAT A COMMUNITY EITHER ENGAGE IN A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM <br />OR A SINGLE PURPOSE PROGRAM. A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM WOULD HAVE RE- <br />QUIRED US TO CHANNEL ALL OUR EFFORTS INTO ONE SMALL AREA, WHICH MOST <br />PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAVE ENCOMPASSED THE PARK AREA. IN ORDER NOT TO <br />LEAVE OUT ANY OF THE THREE TARGET AREAS, THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE <br />VOTED TO PROCEED WITH A SINGLE PURPOSE GRANT SINCE MOST OF THE THINGS <br />WE HAVE -BEEN DOING IN THE PAST FIT THE DEFINITION OF A SINGLE PURPOSE <br />PROGRAM. THEREFORE, IN ORDER TO COMPLETE MOST OF THE WORK THAT IS <br />UNDER WAY AND AT THE SAME•TIME COMPLETE AREAS THAT COULD BE USED FOR <br />COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMS IN THE FUTURE, THEY HAVE ALLOCATED FUNDS TO <br />DEVELOPING THESE CLUSTERS OF STREETS. MR, REGAN EXPLAINED THAT HE AND <br />CONSULTANT BILL BRISSOM BOTH AGREED THAT THERE IS NO WAY TO GO AFTER <br />FUNDS FOR PARKS UNDER THE NEW REQUIREMENTS. HE NOTED THAT THERE ARE <br />STILL FUNDS LEFT FROM THE SECOND YEAR FOR PARKS, AND ALSO THEY ARE <br />APPLYING TO HAVE SOME OF THE ROAD MONEY FOR THE THIRD YEAR PUT INTO <br />87 <br />APR 191978 Booz 34 �AuWj <br />