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a <br />IS INVOLVED IN PREPARING THE GROUNDWORK FOR A HOUSING AUTHORITY, THE <br />PEOPLE CAN T UNDERSTAND WHY THERE IS STILL A DELAY. HE STATED THEY <br />-WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE COMMISSION TODAY TO TAKE STEPS TO SOLVE THIS <br />PROBLEM. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE STATED THAT HIS PERSONAL FEELINGS ARE THAT <br />IF WE DO HAVE A HOUSING AUTHORITY, THE BILL SHOULD BE ENACTED FIRST. <br />HE FELT IF WE CREATE A HOUSING AUTHORITY PRIOR TO THE BILL BEING ENACTED, <br />THEN WE WOULD HAVE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF HOUSING AUTHORITY. THE CHAIRMAN <br />DID FEEL THAT WE DO NEED TO SCHEDULE A HEARING REGARDING THE ESTABLISH- <br />MENT OF A HOUSING AUTHORITY. - <br />COMMISSIONER LOY AGREED THAT THE STATUS OF THE BILL WOULD HAVE <br />AN AFFECT ON A HOUSING AUTHORITY. IT WAS NOTED THE BILL HAS AN EFFECTIVE } �„ <br />DATE OF .JULY 1ST. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT HE WAS NOT OF THE SAME OPINION <br />AS REPRESENTATIVE PATCHETT. HE EXPLAINED THAT EVERY COUNTY IN THE STATE <br />OF FLORIDA HAS EXISTING RIGHT NOW A HOUSING AUTHORITY AND THE ONLY <br />THING THAT HAS TO BE DONE IS THE DETERMINATION OF NEED BY THE COUNTY <br />COMMISSION. HE INFORMED THOSE PRESENT THAT HE HAS ADVISED THE BOARD 5 <br />THAT THEY SHOULD WAIT UNTIL THE SPECIAL ACT HAS BEEN PASSED BY THE <br />LEGISLATURE BEFORE HAVING A PUBLIC HEARING TO DETERMINE NEED. HE NOTED ` <br />IF THEY WERE TO DETERMINE NEED NOW AND THE MEMBERS WERE APPOINTED, THE w <br />HOUSING'AUTHORITY COULD PROCEED WITHOUT THE GUIDANCE OF THE SPECIAL ACT, _ <br />WHICH WOULD NOT BE BINDING ON THEM BECAUSE IT HASNIT BEEN PASSED. THE <br />ATTORNEY EMPHASIZED THAT HE DID NOT FEEL THE BOARD CAN TAKE THE ACTION <br />NOW, SUBJECT TO THE ACT BEING PASSED IN THE FUTURE, BUT HE DID FEEL THEY <br />COULD SET UP A PUBLIC HEARING FOR AFTER .JULY IST IF THEY WISHED. <br />COULD <br />MR. LUNDY ASKED IF IT WEREN'T POSSIBLE THAT THE BOARD C � <br />ESTABLISH.AN AUTHORITY NOW THAT WOULD BECOME ACTIVE UPON THE LEGISLATION <br />SOUGHT BY THE BOARD BEING ENACTED, THE ATTORNEY EXPLAINED THIS IS NOT <br />FEASIBLE BECAUSE THE HOUSING AUTHORITY IS CREATED BY STATUTE RIGHT NOW <br />AND THE ONLY THING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONEIS THE DETERMINATION OF THE <br />NEED. <br />MR. LUNDY FELT THAT THE NEED HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED. <br />23 <br />BOOK 39 PAGE 377 <br />