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l <br />N <br />IN THE AREA WHICH ARE ADJACENT TO SEPTIC TANKS, ETC., WHICH HE FELT IS <br />A SERIOUS THREAT TO THE.HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE IN THE AREA. HE NOTED IF <br />WE HAD BEEN ALLOWED THE 50 POINTS TAKEN AWAY IN EITHER OF THESE CATE- <br />GORIES, WE WOULD HAVE QUALIFIED,AND IF WE HAD GOTTEN BOTH, WE- WOULD HAVE <br />BEEN TOP SCORER. MR. REGAN INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THREE DIFFERENT <br />COMMITTEES MADE THESE DECISIONS, ONLY ONE OF WHICH HAD OUR FIELD REPRE- <br />SENTATIVE ON IT. HE NOTED THAT IT IS, HOWEVER, THE JOB OF THESE COM- <br />MITTEES TO DISQUALIFY A NUMBER OF GOOD PROPOSALS AND ALLOT WHAT MONIES <br />WERE AVAILABLE. HE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO <br />REAPPLY IN THE SUMMER OF 1979, AND THEY DID INDICATE THE PROJECT AREA <br />WAS A GOOD ONE AND WORTHY OF REAPPLICATION. WE WERE INFORMED THAT IF <br />WE HAD QUESTIONS. OR DOUBTS OR WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW THEY ARRIVED AT <br />THEIR SCORING PROCEDURE, THEY WOULD DISCUSS IT WITH US. HE SUGGESTED <br />TO THE BOARD THAT THERE IS A NEED FOR REVIEW OF THE HUD EVALUATION OF <br />THE SCORING, HE DID NOT FEEL WE ARE GOING TO SHAKE THEM FROM THEIR <br />POSITION, BUT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THEM MORE SERIOUSLY CONSIDER OUR NEXT <br />APPLICATION. MR. REGAN STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE'TO HAVE THE CHAIRMAN <br />OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, COMMISSIONER LYONS, <br />GO WITH HIM TO GO OVER THIS WITH HUD AND TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WE DO NOT <br />TAKE THIS CASUALLY, <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE COMMENTED THAT IT APPEARS ALL THE FUNDING WENT <br />TO CITIES. <br />MR. REGAN CONFIRMED THAT WAS TRUE AND THAT ONLY ONE COUNTY <br />HAD EVEN A BACK-UP POSITION. HE COMMENTED THAT THEY FOUND IN THEIR STUDY <br />LAST TIME THAT COUNTIES HAVE BEEN VERY POORLY HANDLED. HE DID NOT -FEEL <br />THAT IS WHERE WE LOST OUT, HOWEVER, BUT THAT HOUSING MAY HAVE BEEN A <br />FACTOR. UNDER PERFORMANCE IN HOUSING, WE GOT 25 POINTS AND THE FIVE THAT <br />GOT FUNDE-D HAD AN AVERAGE SCORE OF 35. HE NOTED THAT THE BIGGEST AREA <br />WAS PROGRAM PERFORMANCE, PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO PUBLIC UTILITY <br />FACILITIES, AND THAT IS WHERE HE FELT WE WERE SUBSTANTIALLY UNDERRATED. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS STATED THAT IF MR. REGAN FELT IT WOULD HELP, <br />HE WOULD GO WITH HIM TO REVIEW THIS WITH HUD. <br />56 <br />BOOK 30 PAGE 410 <br />APR 4 1979 <br />L <br />