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I <br />COMMISSIONER LOY FELT THAT IT WILL HELP AND WOULD SHOW WE ARE <br />GENUINELY INTERESTED. <br />ON MOTION BY.COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />LOY, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED OUT -OF -COUNTY TRAVEL FOR COMMUNITY <br />DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR REGAN AND COMMISSIONER LYONS TOGO TO .JACKSONVILLE <br />TO MEET WITH HUD OFFICIALS. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS REPORTED THAT .JUDY TRUETT OF THE DEPARTMENT <br />OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS HAS TALKED TO HIM ABOUT RURAL HOUSING LAND ACQUISI- <br />TION. <br />COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR REGAN AGREED THERE ARE MANY <br />WAYS TO PROMOTE HOUSING)AND THIS METHOD USES GOVERNMENT AND ITS "GOOD <br />OFFICES" AS A TOOL. HE STATED THAT IN PROPOSING THIS PROGRAM, WE WOULD <br />NOT BE EXCLUDING ANY OTHER TYPE HOUSING PROGRAM. MR. REGAN INFORMED THE <br />BOARD THAT A 'BROKER CAME TO HIM THE OTHER DAY WHO WANTED TO BUILD A LOW <br />COST HOUSING PROJECT FROM THE STANDPOINT OF HAVING TAX ADVANTAGES. HE <br />WOULD BUY HIS OWN LAND AND DO THE WHOLE PROJECT, BUT NEEDED SOME "HAND- <br />HOLDING" WHEN IT WENT THROUGH FMHA. MR. REGAN NOTED THAT THE COMMISSION <br />ALREADY HAS DECLARED ITSELF A HOUSING AGENCY. HE WANTED TO MAKE IT CLEAR <br />THAT HE WOULD NOT RECOMMEND EXCLUDING ANY METHOD THAT CAN PRODUCE LOW <br />COST HOUSING AND WOULD LIKE THE BOARD'S AUTHORITY.TO HELP ANYONE WHO <br />COULD DO SO WITHIN THE PROPER BOUNDARIES. <br />MR. REGAN WENT ON TO EXPLAIN THAT UNDER THE RURAL HOUSING LAND <br />ACQUISITION AND SITE DEVELOPMENT TRUST FUND, YOU CAN GO TO THE DEPARTMENT <br />OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AND BORROW IN MULTIPLES OF $200,000. HE STATED <br />THAT THEY HAVE $600,000 AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW FOR THE ENTIRE STATE, AND HE <br />HAS BEEN GIVEN TO UNDERSTAND THAT IF WE DID COME IN FOR TWO MULTIPLES, <br />THEY WOULD RESERVE $400,000 FOR US, AND THEN WE WOULD MAKE MORE FORMAL <br />APPLICATION IN A PERIOD OF NOT MORE THAN 90 DAYS. MR. REGAN FELT THIS <br />ti IS A WORTHWHILE PROGRAM BECAUSE LAND CAN BE CHOSEN FOR PURCHASE THAT <br />WOULD GIVE MORE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE LEAST COST, I.E., YOU <br />CAN GO TO THE MARKET PLACE AND.THE PRICE'OF THE LAND CAN BE LOCKED INTO <br />CURRENT PRICES. ALSO, A RESERVATION OF WATER TAPS CAN BE MADE. WE NOW <br />HAVE WATER IN THE AREA AND UNLESS WE EARMARK SOME OF THIS FOR LOW INCOME <br />57 <br />BOOK 39 PAGE 411 <br />ri <br />