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MEMBER.OF HIS ORGANIZATION HAD CONTACTED MR. REGAN, THESE FIGURES <br />COULD HAVE BEEN EXPLAINED TO THEM AT ANY TIME. <br />SIR, HART AGREED THERE MIGHT BE A GAP IN COMMUNICATIONS AND <br />NOTED THAT PROGRESSIVE CIVIC LEAGUE HAD CONSIDERED SENDING A <br />DELEGATION TO ATLANTA ABOUT THESE FIGURES. <br />COMMISSIONER Loy NOTED THAT RALPH LUNDY WAS PRESENT AT THE <br />LAST PUBLIC HEARING WHEN ALL THIS WAS EXPLAINED, AND IT SEEMS THAT <br />AT EACH MEETING A DIFFERENT REPRESENTATIVE SHOWS UP AND ASKS <br />THE SAME QUE9TIONSc <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER EXPLAINED THAT WE ARE NOW TALKING <br />ABOUT THE FOURTH YEAR PROGRAM, BUT ACTUALLY WE ARE JUST BEGINNING <br />TO GET INTO THE THIRD YEAR PROGRAM. HE NOTED THAT THE GOVERNMENT <br />NOW WANTS TO SEE LESS PAVED ROADS AND MORE REHABILITATION AND <br />THIS IS WHY SO MUCH IS PROJECTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE. <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER THEN CONTINUED TO EXPLAIN THE PROBLEMS <br />INVOLVED IN GETTING INTO A REHABILITATION PROGRAM AND HOW WE ARE <br />NOW TRYING TO DEVELOP A PROGRAM WHICH WILL HELP MORE PEOPLE RATHER <br />THAN REHABILITATING JUST A FEW HOUSES UP TO CODE. HE NOTED THAT <br />WE HAVE $40,000 BUDGETED FOR REHABILITATION, BUT HAVEN'T SPENT <br />A DIME OF IT BECAUSE SO FAR WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO PUT A GOOD <br />PROGRAM TOGETHER. HE POINTED OUT THAT WE CANNOT JUST GIVE PEOPLE <br />CHECKS FOR DOING SOMETHING WITHOUT HAVING IT WELL ORGANIZED AND <br />CONTROLLED. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE AGREED THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS LOOK <br />EXCESSIVELY HIGH, BUT POINTED OUT THAT EVERY YEAR, UNFORTUNATELY, <br />THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CHANGES THE RULES IN THE WAY THEY DO THINGS <br />AND EVEN THOUGH WE WOULD LIKE VERY MUCH TO HAVE MONEY SET ASIDE IN <br />RECREATION, FOR INSTANCE, IN THIS APPLICATION, IT WOULD NOT BE <br />ACCEPTABLE TO THE GOVERNMENT. THE CHAIRMAN NOTED THAT WE CAN <br />WRITE A DIFFERENT PROGRAM AND NOT HAVE A CHANCE OF BEING FUNDED <br />OR WE CAN SIT DOWN AND WRITE AN APPLICATION TO GET SUFFICENT POINTS <br />SO WE CAN BE FUNDED. HE AGREED THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE <br />IS HIGHER THAN WE WOULD LIKE, BUT FELT IF WE DON'T PUT IT IN, WE <br />WON'T GET -ANY OF THE FUNDS AT ALL. <br />68 <br />MAY 10 1978 RoaK 34 nA � QUA <br />