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0 <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />Loy, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY GRANTED RETROACTIVE APPROVAL OF OUT -OF - <br />COUNTY TRAVEL FOR PLANNING DIRECTOR REDICK AND ASSISTANT PLANNER BERG <br />TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE FLORIDA PLANNING AND ZONING <br />ASSOCIATION TO BE HELD NOVEMBER 15-17, 1978, IN SARASOTA. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />DEESON, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED OUT -OF -COUNTY TRAVEL FOR PLANNING <br />DIRECTOR REDICK AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR REGAN TO ATTEND THE <br />U. S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT MEETING IN .JACKSONVILLE <br />ON NOVEMBER 27-28, 1978, TO REVIEW THE NEW FEDERAL REGULATIONS FOR <br />COMPLETION OF APPLICATION FOR SMALL CITIES DISCRETIONARY COMMUNITY <br />DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS. <br />COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR REGAN INFORMED THE BOARD THAT <br />HE HAS RECEIVED A CONTRACT FROM ADLEY & ASSOCIATES FOR MAKING OUT THE <br />1978-79 PRE -APPLICATION FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUNDS AT A COST OF <br />$3,500, AND THERE WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL $8,000 IF WE ARE INVITED TO <br />SUBMIT A FINAL CONTRACT. HE ASKED FOR AUTHORIZATION TO PURSUE THIS. <br />MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER, SECONDED BY COMMIS- <br />SIONER SIEBERT, TO AUTHORIZE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR REGAN TO <br />NEGOTIATE WITH ADLEY & ASSOCIATES AS ABOVE. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY ASKED WHETHER WE HAVE TO HAVE ADLEY & <br />ASSOCIATES, INC. TO PREPARE THIS, AND MR. REGAN STATED THAT WE DON'T. <br />BUT HE NOTED THAT THE FACT THAT WE DID NOT GET FUNDED LAST TIME WAS NOT <br />THEIR FAULT. <br />COMMISSIONER Loy STATED SHE REALIZED THAT, BUT FELT MR. REGAN <br />AND MR. REDICK HAVE THE CAPABILITIES OF FILLING OUT THESE APPLICATIONS. <br />MR. REGAN NOTED THAT THERE IS AN ELEMENT OF GAMESMANSHIP IN <br />THIS, AND IT NEEDS EXPERTISE. <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER POINTED OUT THAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY STILL <br />NEGOTIATING WITH ADLEY ON THE PRE -APPLICATION AND THEN WILL BRING THE <br />CONTRACT BACK TO THE BOARD. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE STATED THAT ONE OF THE REASONS HE WAS RECEPTIVE <br />TO HAVING A DIRECTOR FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAN WAS TO UTILIZE <br />SOME OF THE EXPERTISE COVERED BY THE SALARY BEING PAID INSTEAD OF ALWAYS <br />HAVING TO GO OUTSIDE AND HIRE CONSULTANTS. <br />1 <br />