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MR.-REGAN INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THEY AVERAGE FOUR PEOPLE <br />PER CASE OR UNIT. HE FURTHER NOTED THAT IN ONE CASE WHERE A PERSON <br />WAS OUT OF A JOB AND WAS GIVEN THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE, HE THEN FOUND <br />A JOB AND THEY WERE ABLE TO TAKE HIM OFF THE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. <br />MR. REGAN POINTED OUT THAT ROTATING SOMEONE IS THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF <br />THE PROGRAM; <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT CONTINUED TO QUESTION HOW REQUISITIONING <br />SUCH A LARGE AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL FUNDS COULD BE JUSTIFIED, AND <br />COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR REGAN FELT THE BOARD MUST CONSIDER <br />THAT TO START UP A BUSINESS EFFECTIVELY, IT ISN IT THE COST PER UNIT <br />INITIALLY. THIS IS A FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT, AND YOU WOULD HAVE ROTATING <br />CONTRACTS. DISCUSSION THEN FOLLOWED ON THE MONTHLY OVERHEAD COST <br />PER UNIT, WHICH FIGURED OUT TO $23.00 A MONTH ON 120 UNITS, BUT AT <br />PRESENT WOULD AMOUNT TO ABOUT $200 A MONTH PER UNIT FOR FOURTEEN UNITS. <br />MR. REGAN REITERATED THAT THERE ARE TEN MORE UNITS BEING <br />FIXED UP THAT SHOULD QUALIFY SHORTLY AND NOTED THAT WE DO HAVE A <br />VEHICLE HERE TO ENCOURAGE THE OWNERS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THEIR <br />HOUSING. HE POINTED OUT THAT WE ARE RENTING TO BOTH BLACK AND WHITE <br />AND HAVE ACCESS TO ALL UNITS IN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT DID NOT BELIEVE THEY WILL RENT THE UNITS <br />AT THE PRICE SET, BUT COMMISSIONER WODTKE NOTED THAT WE HAVE OVER <br />100 APPLICANTS, AND HE DID NOT FEEL THAT $237 FOR TWO SMALL BEDROOMS <br />IS MUCH UNDER THE MARKET. HE STATED THAT HE WAS PLEASED THAT THERE <br />ARE SO MANY TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PROGRAM, AND FELT THERE <br />ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING AND HOPEFULLY WILL <br />IMPROVE THEIR UNITS TO MEET THE NEEDS. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT AGAIN EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT SPENDING <br />$40,000 OF THE TAXPAYERS' MONEY TO FILL JUST FOURTEEN UNITS. <br />COMMISSIONER LAY STATED THAT IF THIS PROGRAM WERE TWO <br />YEARS OLD, SHE ALSO WOULD BE CONCERNED, BUT IT IS HARD TO GET A <br />PROGRAM GOING FROM AN ADMINISTRATIVE STANDPOINT. SHE AGREED THAT SHE <br />WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE RESULTS JUSTIFY THE COSTS, BUT EMPHASIZED THAT <br />WE HAVE JUST GOTTEN STARTED. <br />A <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS CONCURRED THAT IT IS TOO SOON TO JUDGE. <br />78 <br />42�E <br />MAR 51980° :r <br />