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MAY 211980 sooK 43 PACE 600 <br />CONTINUED THAT WE FOUND THAT WE WERE PROBABLY RIGHT THAT 50 IN A <br />YEAR IS A LOT. HE THEN WENT ON TO REPORT THAT TWO OUT OF THREE LEASES <br />WE ARE SIGNING ARE WITH LOW INCOME, WHITE AMERICANS, I.E., ONES WHO <br />HAVE HANDICAPS, ARE ELDERLY, HAVE LOST JOBS, ETC. THIS PROGRAM IS <br />FINDING APPLICATION IN THIS COMMUNITY ON A BROAD SPECTRUM. HE STATED <br />THAT THEY HAVE HANDLED 204 CASES AND ARE WORKING AT A PRETTY GOOD PACE. <br />HE NOTED THAT THEY ARE INTO OTHER PROGRAMS, AND TED REX, WHO IS <br />PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE SECTION 8 PROGRAM,OFTEN EXCEED 40 HOURS A - <br />WEEK - MEETING WITH VARIOUS GROUPS, 'FRYING TO GET OWNERS TO BRING <br />THEIR STRUCTURES UP TO THE REQUIRED STANDARDS, ETC. MR. REGAN STATED <br />THAT THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET OWNERS TO IMPROVE THEIR STRUCTURES, <br />PUT IN PLUMBING, ETC., AND ANTICIPATE GETTING PRETTY CLOSE TO 120 <br />UNITS UP TO LEASING STANDARDS BY OCTOBER 1ST. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT FELT HE HAD SAID THAT 50 UNITS WAS WHAT <br />THEY ANTICIPATED, AND MR. REGAN SAID THAT WAS HIS FIRST PRESENTATION, <br />BUT HE NOW BELIEVED THEY WILL BE BEYOND 50 BY THE END OF .JUNE. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS FELT THE PROGRAM IS GOING ALONG, BUT <br />NOTED THAT THE BIG QUESTION IS WHETHER MORE CLERICAL HELP IS NEEDED <br />AT THE PRESENT TIME. HE STATED THAT HE HAS THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE <br />CHAIRMAN WHEN HE DIVIDES THE NUMBER OF CONTRACTS WITH THE NUMBER OF <br />PEOPLE INVOLVED. <br />MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, SECONDED BY COMMIS- <br />SIONER WODTKEjTO DENY THE REQUEST FOR A CETA CLERK/TYPIST FOR THE <br />SECTION 8 EXISTING HOUSING RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND TO TAKE <br />ANOTHER LOOK AT THE REQUEST IN ANOTHER 60 DAYS. <br />COMMISSIONER Loy STATED THAT SHE ALSO IS NOT HAPPY WITH <br />THESE PROGRAMS, BUT WE ARE IN THEM. SHE NOTED THAT WE ARE CONSTANTLY <br />PUSHING MR. REGAN ON THIS RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM BECAUSE WE DON'T <br />LIKE THE FIGURES, AND SHE WAS NOT SURE WE ARE TAKING THE RIGHT STEP <br />WHEN WE PUSH THEM TO HURRY UP AND GET THESE LEASES UNDER CONTRACT <br />AND DON T GIVE THEM ANY EXTRA HELP. SHE CONTINUED THAT IT IS HER <br />UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CETA EMPLOYEE WOULD BE AVAILABLE ONLY FOR SIX <br />MONTHS AND AT THE END OF SIX MONTHS THE JOB WOULD BE FINISHED, AND <br />MAYBE THIS IS THE APPROPRIATE WAY TO G0, <br />SHE COMMENTED THAT THE <br />- -98� � <br />