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DEC 31980 sox 45 PA,E340 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT -.REQUEST FOR CONGRESSIONAL ASSISTANCE THE BOARD NEXT CONSIDERED THE FOLLOWING MEMORANDUM: M E M O R A N D U M TO: Ba rd of C un Commissioners FROM: Edward J. an, ounity Development Director DATE: November 25, 1980 RE: Request for Congressional Assistance on Community Development Block Grant Pre -application There is a need for Congressional assistance in assuring a suc- cessful review of our Community Development Block Grant Pre -applica- tion for FY '81. The Jacksonville office of the Department of Housing & Urban Development usually gets four times the requests for funds as there are funds available for non -entitlement communities under the "Small Cities Program." Indian River County has successfully closed out grants for three successive years, and has shown substantial determination, having sub- mitted Pre -applications for Fiscal Years '78, '79 and '80. In every instance, we were close to the threshold of funding, but were not invited to submit formal applications. Statistically, this should be our year for funding. However, our Field Representative, Wayne Burnette, has been transferred to Califor- nia, and the field staff of the Jacksonville offices of the Department of Housing & Urban Development is in the process of being realigned. Simultaneously, the leadership of the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development is in a transitory stage. We have been advised that Pre -applicants who will be invited to submit for funding will be chosen by December 15. We respectfully request that the Board of County Commissioners petition, by resolution, its Senators and Representative to inquire as to the progress of our Pre -application and, if necessary, the process by which decisions are made. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR REGAN FURTHER EXPLAINED THAT IT MAY BE OF BENEFIT TO THE COUNTY IF OUR CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES WOULD INQUIRE AS TO THE PROGRESS OF OUR APPLICATION. CHAIRMAN LYONS ASKED THE BACKGROUND OF THE COUNTY'S POSITION IN GETTING FUNDED OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS. MR. REGAN REPORTED THAT IN 1978, THE COUNTY RANKED 36TH, AND 7 APPLICATIONS WERE APPROVED; IN'1979 THERE WERE 106 APPLICATIONS, THE COUNTY CAME IN 12TH, AND 5 WERE APPROVED FOR FUNDING; AND IN 1980, THERE WERE 96 APPLICATIONS, THE COUNTY CAME IN 7TH, AND 4 WERE APPROVED FOR FUNDING.