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CHAIRMAN SIEBERT NOTED THAT THIS IS A PREAPPLICATION; YOU HAVE TO BE INVITED TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION; THEY TELL YOU WHAT AMOUNT TO SUBMIT FOR; AND IF IT SHOULD BE A LESSER AMOUNT, THEN YOU REESTABLISH YOUR PRIORITIES. LEROY BENNETT OF EAST COAST SELF-HELP HOUSING NEXT CAME BEFORE THE BOARD AND STATED THAT HE WROTE MR. REGAN IN REGARD TO PRODUCING 15 TO 20 HOUSES A YEAR UNDER THE SELF-HELP PROGRAM OVER A THREE YEAR PERIOD, BUT HE NOTED THAT FMHA REQUIRES THAT THERE MUST BE SEWER SERVICE. MR. BENNETT EMPHASIZED THAT ANY FEDERAL PROGRAM WILL REQUIRE SEWER AND EXPRESSED REGRET THAT HE HAD NOT WORKED WITH THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. MR, BENNETT CONTINUED TO DISCUSS THE COST OF PROVIDING SEWER SERVICE, WHICH HE REALIZED HAD BEEN ESTIMATED AT A PROHIBITIVE COST. HE BROUGHT UP THE AGREEMENT MADE BETWEEN THE CITY AND COUNTY IN REGARD TO FURNISHING WATER AND SEWER SERVICES TO THE URBAN AREAS AROUND THE CITY AND NOTED THAT THERE IS A SEWER LINE GOING OUT TO THE HOSPITAL AND POSSIBLY A LIFT STATION COULD PUMP TO THAT LINE. HE FELT THERE ARE OTHER MEANS TO TRY TO CUT THE COST FOR SEWER FOR THAT AREA. MR. BENNETT INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HIS GROUP HAS A GOOD TRACK RECORD IN THE COUNTY; THE PEOPLE ACTUALLY BUILD THEIR OWN HOMES, AND THEY HAVE A VERY LOW FORECLOSURE RECORD BECAUSE OF THE INTEREST PEOPLE HAVE IN HOMES THEY BUILD THEMSELVES. HE ALSO NOTED THAT BRINGING MORE HOMES TO THE AREA WOULD MAKE AN ADDITION TO THE TAX ROLL AND AGAIN EMPHASIZED THAT SEWER IS A NECESSITY BEFORE ANY DEVELOPMENT CAN TAKE PLACE. COMMISSIONER LYONS FELT THAT MR. BENNETT WILL FIND THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE CONSIDERABLY MORE SEWER AVAILABLE SHORTLY IN THE GIFFORD AREA; WE ARE NOW LOOKING AT A SCHEDULE TO MAKE THE GIFFORD SEWER PLANT OPERABLE, AND THERE SHOULD BE SOME EXPANSION IN THE GIFFORD AREA. HE POINTED OUT THAT THE REASON WE WENT WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS THAT WE CAME SO CLOSE TO GETTING IT FUNDED TWICE AND FEEL WE SHOULD TRY ONCE MORE. 97 OCT 2 21080 45PAGE -97 I