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APR 91980 Boox 43 PAGE 151 COMMISSIONER LOY REPORTED THAT THE BULK OF THE FUND§ ARE TO GET OUR PEOPLE ACQUAINTED WITH THE JOB THAT THEY WERE ASKED TO DO. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT ASKED IF THE SECTION S PROGRAM COULD BE TRANSFERRED TO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR REGAN ADVISED THAT IF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY CHOOSES TO TAKE ON SECTION S, THE COMMISSION AGREES TO RELEASE IT, AND IF HUD IS AGREEABLE, IT COULD OCCUR. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT THEN ASKED IF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COULD BE TRANSFERRED TO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY. ATTORNEY COLLINS ADVISED THAT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY MAY BE ABLE TO MAKE A SEPARATE APPLICATION, BUT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IS A COUNTY FUNCTION. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR REGAN FELT THAT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WAS AN ARM OF THE COUNTY ACTIVITIES AND IS NOT ONE THAT CAN BE ADEQUATELY SERVICED BY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY. PROGRAM. DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ABOUT THE FUNDS FOR THE SECTION S JOSEPH B. EGAN, III, CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, APPROACHED THE BOARD STATING THAT HUD HAD NOTIFIED THEM THERE ARE 116 UNITS AVAILABLE IN THIS AREA, AND THAT HE THOUGHT THERE WERE TWO ENTITIES CONSIDERING SUBMITTING APPLICATIONS FOR THESE FUNDS. HE CONTINUED THAT THE APPLICATION IS DUE ON THE 15TH AND THERE ARE SEVERAL QUESTIONS IN THE APPLICATION THEY ARE UNABLE TO ANSWER AT THIS TIME; ALSO THERE IS A COOPERATION AGREEMENT PERTAINING TO AD VALOREM TAXATION. MR. EGAN ADVISED THEY HAVE GIVEN THIS MATERIAL TO ATTORNEY COLLINS TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS WITH THE BOARD AT THE NEXT MEETING. HE CONTINUED THAT THEY COULD ASK HUD FOR AN EXTENSION OR SUBMIT ALL THAT THEY HAVE WITH A LETTER STATING THE MISSING ITEMS ARE NOW UNDER ADVISEMENT. MR. EGAN FELT THAT SINCE THIS IS THEIR FIRST TIME AROUND, THEY WANTED TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO HUD ON TIME AS THEY HAVE HEARD THAT THE OTHER APPLICANT IS GOING TO ASK FOR AN EXTENSION. HE THEN SUGGESTED THE BOARD AUTHORIZE THE ADMINIS- TRATOR TO WRITE A LETTER TO.HUD STATING THAT THE BOARD HAS DIRECTED