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IN THE AREA, SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO DESIGN THE PROGRAM TO FIT THE POINT <br />SCORES OF HUD RATHER THAN THE DESIRES OF THE PEOPLE OF THE VARIOUS <br />AREAS. HE ASKED IF THIS IS THE ROUTE THE BOARD WISHES TO PURSUE, <br />SHOULD WE LOOK FOR DIRECTION FROM THE CITIZENS OR SHOULD WE GIVE THEM <br />DIRECTION? HE STATED THAT HE DID NOT MEAN TO IMPLY THAT WE WOULD NOT <br />WORK WITH THE PEOPLE IN THE AREA, BUT JUST MEANT THAT WE WOULD DESIGN <br />THE PROGRAM AND THEN SHOW THEM HOW IT WOULD BE WORKED IN ORDER TO GET <br />FUNDED. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED WHAT AFFECT IT MIGHT HAVE ON FUTURE <br />YEARS IF WE DIDNIT MAKE AN APPLICATION THIS YEAR. <br />MR. REGAN AND MR. REDICK FELT THAT WOULD BE HARD TO ANSWER, <br />BUT POINTED OUT THAT WE ARE ONLY FILING THE PRE-APPLICATiON AT THIS <br />STAGE AND ARE NOT PUTTING IN A LOT OF TIME. <br />MR. REDICK FURTHER COMMENTED THAT HUD DOES LOOK AT HOW YOU <br />ARE PERFORMING AND WHAT YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED, AND THAT HAS A LOT TO <br />DO WITH BEING FUNDED THE NEXT TIME. HE CONTINUED THAT HE DID NOT INTEND <br />TO IMPLY THAT THEY COULD NOT PUT TOGETHER A MEANINGFUL PROJECT. MR. <br />REDICK INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THEIR CONCEPT RIGHT NOW IS A COMPREHENSIVE <br />PROGRAM FOR .AN S TO lO BLOCK AREA IN GIFFORD WHICH HAS ABOUT 75 HOMES. <br />IT WOULD PROPOSE TO REHABILITATE ABOUT 4O OF THE HOMES, AS WELL AS SOME <br />EXTENSION OF WATER, DRAINAGE WORK, AND STREET PAVING. HE FELT WE COULD <br />GET FUNDED FOR SUCH A PROJECT. <br />MR. REGAN AGREED AND NOTED THAT THIS AREA, WHICH IS THE OLD <br />' GEOFFREY'S SUBDIVISION ON.THE RIGHT SIDE OF U. S. 1, IS A VERY VISIBLE <br />AREA AND THE PROGRAM WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON GENERALLY IMPROVING THE <br />WHOLE AREA. HE NOTED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN PUTTING, STREETS IN HERE UNDER <br />THE THIRD YEAR GRANT. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT FELT THE BEST DIRECTION THE BOARD CAN <br />GIVE IS THAT THEY MAKE THEIR RECOMMENDATION TO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE <br />ON THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY TO GET THE FUNDING. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE AGREED, AND NOTED THAT THE BOARD HAS THE <br />ULTIMATE RESPONSIBILITY OF MAKING THE DECISION, HE ANNOUNCED THAT <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS WILL BE THE NEW CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT <br />ADVISORY COMMITTEE. <br />IV <br />DEC <br />197 <br />