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OF THIS BURDEN FROM THE TAXPAYERS. <br />MR. REGAN THEN DESCRIBED THE SERIOUS <br />CONDITIONS EXISTING IN SOME OF THE HOMES WHERE THERE IS NO INSIDE PLUMBING <br />AND CITED THE CASE OF ONE WOMAN WHO ANSWERS THE DOOR ON HER HANDS AND <br />KNEES BECAUSE SHE CANNOT AFFORD A WHEELCHAIR. HE STATED THAT HE WOULD <br />BE PLEASED TO TAKE MR. PALMER TO SEE SOME OF THESE CONDITIONS BECAUSE <br />HE BELIEVES HE IS A CARING INDIVIDUAL AND WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH YS TO <br />SOLVE SOME OF THESE PROBLEMS. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE FELT WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH DISCUSSION. HE NOTED <br />THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN STUDIED TO DEATH OVER A PERIOD OF % TO 10 <br />YEARS OR MORE AND THAT WE MUST RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS A NEED AND THAT <br />NEED MUST BE MET. HE HAD HOPED THIS NEED COULD BE MET BY PRIVATE INDUSTRY, <br />BUT THE FACT REMAINS THAT IT HAS NOT BEEN, AND IGNORING THE PROBLEM IS NOT <br />GOING TO MAKE IT GO AWAY. HE ASKED HOW THE BOARD WISHED TO PROCEED. <br />DISCUSSION AROSE REGARDING HAVING A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER <br />SPECIAL LEGISLATION, AND COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE <br />TO BE ABLE TO KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE AND NOT PROCRASTINATE. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY FELT THE FIRST STEP IS TO CHECK WITH THE <br />LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION TO SEE WHAT THEIR REQUIREMENTS ARE IF THEY ARE <br />CALLED UPON TO INTRODUCE SPECIAL LEGISLATION, SUCH AS THE SPECIAL ACTS <br />FOR ORANGE AND SEMINOLE COUNTIES. COMMISSIONER SOY CONTINUED THAT THERE <br />SHOULD BE A PUBLIC HEARING TO AUTHORIZE THE ACTUAL CREATION OF A HOUSING <br />AUTHORITY, AND COMMISSIONER SIEBERT SAID HE FELT AS IF WE HAVE JUST HAD <br />ONE. <br />' CHAIRMAN WODTKE STATED THAT HE WOULD NOT WANT TO AUTHORIZE A <br />HOUSING AUTHORITY WITHOUT HOLDING AN ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARING PRIOR <br />TO VOTING ON IT. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT DID NOT FEEL WE CAN FIT THIS INTO OUR <br />REGULAR AGENDA, AND HE FELT IT IS OF SUCH IMPORTANCE THAT IT WOULD REQUIRE <br />A SPECIAL MEETING AT A TIME CONVENIENT TO THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE. <br />MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />LYONS, THAT THE ATTORNEY BE AUTHORIZED TO ADVERTISE A PUBLIC HEARING TO <br />CONSIDER THE CREATION OF A HOUSING AUTHORITY AND ALSO A PUBLIC HEARING <br />FOR THE PURPOSE OF SATISFYING THE REQUIREMENTS OF OUR LEGISLATIVE DELE- <br />GATION PRIOR TO THE ENACTMENT OF A SPECIAL ACT SETTING, LIMITATIONS ON <br />A HOUSING AUTHORITY. <br />44 <br />JAN 2 41979 B _38 PA-UE484 <br />