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- -7 - ED REGAN, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, REQUESTED APPROVAL TO ATTEND THE THIRD ANNUAL COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE IN MIAMI. HE NOTED THIS WILL BE A MEETING OF REPRESENTATIVES OF ALL OF THE COUNTIES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, AND THERE WILL BE MEMBERS OF THE U.S. CONGRESSIONAL STAFF AT THIS MEETING. '"'IR. REGAN INFORMED THE BOARD THAT RURAL COUNTIES ARE NOT GETTING ADEQUATE MONEY FROM HUD AND HOPE TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH SOME CHANGES IN THE LEGISLATION. HE, THEREFORE, WISHED TO ATTEND IN ORDER TO SUPPORT MAKING MORE MONEY AVAILABLE TO RURAL AREAS, CHAIRMAN WODTKE STATED THAT WE WERE TURNED DOWN ON OUR RECENT APPLICATION. FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS, AND WHILE RURAL COUNTIES APPLIED FOR SIX MILLION, ONLY $92,791 WAS FUNDED. SIR. REGAN NOTED THAT WE FILED A SINGLE PURPOSE APPLICATION SO WE COULD USE THE GRANT FUNDS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, BUT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LIKES YOU TO OPERATE MAINLY IPJ ONE AREA IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE IMPACT MORE CLEARLY. SIR. REGAN STATED THAT BECAUSE OF THIS, THE COUNTY PROBABLY WOULD GO FOR A COMPREHENSIVE riRANT IN THEIR NEXT APPLICATION AND DEVELOP JUST ONE AREA INTENSIVELY. HE FELT THERE IS A NEED FOR CLOSE MONITORING OF FEDERAL ACTIVITIES FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE RURAL COUNTIES. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DEESON, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER, THE:BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED OUT -OF -COUNTY TRAVEL FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR REGAN AND A COMMISSIONER TO ATTEND THE THIRD ANNUAL COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE IN MIAMI, NOVEMBER 15 THROUGH NOVEMBER 17, 1978. ITEM 6 IN REGARD TO A RELEASE OF EASEMENT REQUESTED BY .JOHN WELTON WAS WITHDRAWN FROM THE AGENDA UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING. THE HOUR OF 9:30 O'CLOCK A.M. HAVING PASSED, THE DEPUTY CLERK READ THE FOLLOWING NOTICE WITH PROOF OF PUBLICATION ATTACHED, TO -WIT: 10 S i NOV ae c 3� �97�