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COMMISSIONER Loy INTERJECTED THAT IF WE DID NOT HAVE A <br />DEPARTMENT TO DO THIS, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WOULD HAVE TO <br />PREPARE THE HAP PLAN. <br />COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR REGAN STATED HE WOULD BE <br />WORKING WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT ON THE HAP PLAN; IN ADDITION, <br />THEY CAN REAPPLY FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUNDS AND THE APPLICATION <br />WILL PROBABLY FALL DUE IN EARLY SEPTEMBER - THE RESULTS WILL BE <br />KNOWN BY DECEMBER. HE CONTINUED THAT PART OF HIS TIME IS SPENT ON <br />HOUSING AUTHORITY ACTIVITIES, AND A GOOD PIECE OF HIS TIME IS GOING <br />INTO SECTION S - HE IS MOVING BACK AND FORTH ON THE PROGRAMS. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS STATED WE EITHER HAVE TO BE IN THIS <br />BUSINESS OR OUT OF IT, AND THIS IS THE ONLY WAY WE CAN KEEP IN; <br />AND THE UNFORTUNATE PART OF IT IS THAT WE WON'T KNOW IN .JULY ANY <br />MORE THAN WE KNOW NOW. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT CONCURRED BUT FELT WE CAN'T EXPEND THAT <br />KIND OF MONEY AND RECEIVE NO FUNDING. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT SUGGESTED THAT WHEN BUDGET TIME COMES, <br />NOTHING SHOULD BE FUNDED BEYOND DECEMBER. <br />•COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR REGAN NOTED THAT THE <br />DIRECTOR OF HUD ADVISED THAT THERE IS A CERTAIN SAVINGS IN HAVING <br />THE SAME PERSON WORKING IN BOTH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE FELT IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT <br />TO RECEIVE FUNDS IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING AUTHORITY <br />PROGRAMS DUE TO THE PRESENT ECONOMIC SITUATION BUT GUESSED WE MUST <br />TRY. HE ADDED THAT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY EVENTUALLY IS GOING TO <br />BE SELF-SUSTAINING AND HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT BUILDING SUCH A <br />LARGE STAFF AND THEN NOT GETTING FUNDED. COMMISSIONER WODTKE AGAIN <br />STATED THAT SINCE WE HAVEN'T BEEN FUNDED FOR THE LAST TWO PROGRAMS, <br />AND WITH THE ECONOMY THE WAY IT IS, HE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE AN <br />IMPOSSIBILITY TO GET FUNDING THIS YEAR - IT IS A REAL SHOT IN THE <br />DARK. <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ABOUT THE START-UP COST FOR THE <br />HOUSING AUTHORITY AND FINANCE OFFICER BARTON ADVISED THAT THERE <br />WILL HAVE TO BE AN AUDIT, AND THAT LEGAL, TRAVEL, AND COUNTY SERVICES <br />ARE THE LARGEST ITEMS IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. <br />APR 91980 7 .SOOK 43 -PAGE150 <br />