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PROGRAM AND A SINGLE TARGET AREA. MR. REDICK STATED THAT THEY FEEL <br />THE AREA WITH THE GREATEST POTENTIAL IS THAT KNOWN LOCALLY AS THE LOWER <br />END, OR GEOFFREY'S SUBDIVISION. HE THEN REVIEWED THE NUMBER OF POINTS. <br />THEY ANTICIPATED COULD BE OBTAINED BY ADDRESSING THIS AREA IN REGARD TO <br />EXPANSION OF HOUSING FOR THE LOW AND MODERATE INCOME PEOPLE, REMOVAL OF <br />SLUMS OR BLIGHTED CONDITIONS, NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION AND REVITALIZA- <br />TION, ETC. PLANNING DIRECTOR REDICK POINTED OUT THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS <br />MAINLY LOOKING FOR REHABILITATION AND HOUSING, AND THESE WILL GIVE YOU <br />THE GREATEST NUMBER OF POINTS. MR. REDICK CONTINUED TO REVIEW THE <br />QUALIFICATIONS OF THIS AREA, NOTING THAT OVER 90% OF THE RESIDENTS ARE <br />QUALIFIED UNDER LOW INCOME; 97% OF THE PEOPLE ARE IN ELIGIBLE HOUSING; <br />AND OVER 50% ARE HOME OWNERS, NOT RENTERS. HE STATED THAT THEY ANTICIPATE <br />REHABILITATION OF APPROXIMATELY H% HOMES, AND NOTED THAT THE PROGRAM IS <br />DESIGNED TO HELP THE PEOPLE OF THE AREA, NOT THE LANDLORDS. PLANNER <br />REDICK INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 25 DWELLINGS IN <br />THE AREA THAT ARE SUBSTANDARD AND NOT FEASIBLE TO BRING TO CODE. THEY <br />PROPOSE TO ESTABLISH A MECHANISM WHEREBY WHEN HOUSING BECOMES AVAILABLE, <br />THE FAMILIES WILL BE ASSISTED TO MOVE OUT OF THESE SUBSTANDARD DWELLINGS <br />AND, HOPEFULLY, THE DWELLINGS EVENTUALLY CAN BE REMOVED. MR. REDICK <br />NOTED THAT THE APPLICATION IS GEARED TOWARDS A THREE YEAR PROGRAM, AND <br />IF WE CAN -GET APPROVED ON THIS BASIS, IT WILL NOT BE NECESSARY TO GO <br />BACK INTO COMPETITION EVERY YEAR FOR THESE FUNDS. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY.QUESTIONED THE USE OF THE NAME "LOWER END" <br />' AND FELT "SOUTH GIFFORD" MIGHT BE PREFERABLE. <br />PLANNER REDICK NOTED THE PEOPLE IN THE AREA REFER TO IT AS <br />THE "LOWER END," BUT IT ALSO COULD BE CALLED "GEOFFREY'S SUBDIVISION." <br />THE CHAIRMAN ASKED IF ANYONE PRESENT WISHED TO BE HEARD. <br />BERNICE .JOHNSON CAME BEFORE THE BOARD AND STATED THAT <br />"_'GEOFFREY'S SUBDIVISION" SOUNDS BETTER THAN "LOWER END." <br />.ti WILLIAM KOOLAGE, OF 815 26TH AVENUE, COMPLIMENTED THE STAFF ON <br />THE JOB THAT THEY DID AND FELT THIS COULD HELP INDIAN RIVER COUNTY CORRECT <br />SOME OF ITS HOUSING PROBLEMS. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />Loy, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING. <br />16 <br />Box <br />