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• <br />J <br />WITH CRITICISM GOES THE RESPONSIBILITY OF SUGGESTING ALTERNATIVES, AND <br />HE FELT THOSE PRESENTED BY MR. PALMER, AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE TAX- <br />PAYERS ASSOCIATION, WERE A BIT SELFISH AND INDICATED A "TO HELL WITH <br />THEM", ATTITUDE. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT HE DID AGREE, IF A <br />HOUSING AUTHORITY SHOULD BE ACTIVIATED, WE MUST HAVE STRICT ENFORCEMENT <br />OF THE HOUSING CODE. HE ALSO.AGREED THAT THERE IS A LEVEL OF AUTHQRITY <br />IN ORANGE AND SEMINOLE COUNTIES, THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE BOARD <br />PURSUE. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR REGAN. <br />EXPLAINED THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SECTION S PROGRAM AND THE COMMUNITY <br />DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, AND MR. PALMER NOTED THAT THESE ARE BOTH FEDERAL <br />PROGRAMS AND ARE RUN UNDER STRICT FEDERAL CONTROLS AND UNREALISTIC <br />GUIDELINES WRITTEN BY BUREAUCRATS. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED IF ANY OF THE TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION <br />HAVE VISITED THE PROBLEM AREAS AND SEEN THE HOMES, AND MR. PALMER REPLIED <br />11 <br />THAT HE BELIEVED SOME OF THEM HAVE BUT NOT ALL. <br />RALPH LUNDY OF THE CITIZENS IMPROVEMENT LEAGUE OF GIFFORD <br />APPROACHED THE BOARD AND COMMENTED THAT AFTER MONTHS OF STUDY, THE <br />HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE MADE THEIR RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD IN <br />NOVEMBER TO HAVE A HOUSING AUTHORITY. NOW IT APPEARS THAT WE ARE BACK <br />WHERE WE STARTED AND BEING TOLD TO LET PRIVATE INDUSTRY TAKE CARE OF IT. <br />HE ASKED WHY PRIVATE ENTERPRISE HASN'T DONE ANYTHING ABOUT THIS IN THE <br />LAST TWELVE YEARS OR MORE AND DOUBTED THAT THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO SOLVE <br />THE HOUSING PROBLEM FOR THE POOR, NEEDY AND HANDICAPPED WITHOUT MAKING <br />A PROFIT. HE THEN SPOKE ABOUT THE PROBLEM OF THE HOUSING BECOMING AN <br />ADDITIONAL SLUM AREA, AND FELT IF YOU HAVE A PROPERLY MANAGED HOUSING <br />AUTHORITY WITH CONCERNED MEMBERS AND A DEPENDABLE STAFF, THIS'WOULD BE <br />AVOIDED. ALSO EDUCATION COULD BE PROVIDED ON PROPERTY MAINTENANCE. <br />MR, LUNDY NOTED THAT HE IS NOT TALKING OF BUILDING 100 HOMES, BUT JUST <br />MAKING -A START. HE CONTINUED THAT A HOUSING AUTHORITY SHOULD GIVE <br />PRIORITY TO RESIDENTS WITHIN THIS COUNTY AND COOPERATE WITH COUNTY <br />OFFICIALS IN DETERMINING WHAT FAMILY REALLY DOES LIVE IN A SUBSTANDARD <br />HOUSE. MR. LUNDY DID NOT BELIEVE A SOPHISTICATED GROUP SUCH AS THE <br />JAN 2 41979 <br />• 40 <br />