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MR. REGAN FELT THAT THE COUNTY WOULD BE WELL ADVISED TO DO <br />THE HAP (HOUSING ASSISTANCE PLAN) EVEN IF THE CHANCE FOR RE -SUBMISSION <br />WERE NOT OFFERED TO US. THE WORK THE HAP WOULD REQUIRE WOULD AMOUNT <br />TO ABOUT $4,000 WORTH OF EFFORT, WHILE THE RESUBMISSION APPLICATION <br />IS ROUGHLY ABOUT $2,500 WORTH OF EFFORT, <br />COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK NOTED THAT BASICALLY, THEREFORE, THE <br />ADDITIONAL EXPENSE FOR RESUBMISSION IS $2,500 AND NOT $6,500, AND <br />MR. REGAN STATED THAT HE VIEWED THE HAP AND THE RESUBMISSION AS ONE <br />EFFORT, AND THE $6,500 IS NEEDED TO STAY IN THE BALLGAME. MR. REGAN <br />COMMENTED THAT THE INQUIRIES MADE BY SENATOR LAWTON CHILES, <br />SENATOR PAULA HAWKINS, AND REPRESENTATIVE BAFALIS, HAD BEEN A GREAT <br />HELP IN DRAWING ATTENTION TO OUR APPLICATION, AND HE NOW WAS REQUEST- <br />ING A MOTION TO THE EFFECT THAT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY BE AUTHORIZED <br />TO COORDINATE A SUBMISSION TO HUD OF A HAP AND A FINALIZED COMMUNITY <br />DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FOR 1981, AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED $6,500, <br />INCLUDING EXPENDITURES FOR CONSULTING SERVICES, <br />COMMISSIONER BIRD NOTED THAT WE HAVE SUBMITTED THREE PREVIOUS <br />APPLICATIONS AT AN EXPENDITURE OF ABOUT $12,000, AND WISHED TO KNOW <br />WHAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE REQUIRED IN THE NEW SUBMISSION THAT <br />WILL COST AN ADDITIONAL $6,500 AND WHY WE CANNOT DO THIS IN-HOUSE. <br />MR. REGAN STATED WE ARE TALKING ABOUT $2,500 WORTH OF WORK <br />ON THE APPLICATION; THE BULK OF THE COST IS IN THE HOUSING ASSISTANCE <br />PLAN. HE THEN WENT INTO FIGURES IN REGARD TO HOUSING THE COUNTY THAT <br />NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AND FELT THE FIGURES WE DO HAVE ARE REASONABLY <br />ACCURATE. <br />CHAIRMAN LYONS QUESTIONED WHY WE HAVE TO SPEND MONEY ON THE <br />HAP IF WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE IS REASONABLY ACCURATE, AND MR, REGAN <br />STATED THAT EVERY THREE YEARS A PLAN EXPIRES, AND OURS IS ABOUT TO. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE NOTED THE FIGURES MR, REGAN IS USING <br />PRESENTLY ARE BASED ON THE 1970 CENSUS AS MODIFIED, AND WE WILL GET <br />THE 1980 CENSUS FIGURES IN APRIL; WE WERE PREVIOUSLY FUNDED IN THE <br />COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM AND HAVE ALL THIS INFORMA- <br />TION; S0, WHY CAN'T WE JUST UPDATE THIS INFORMATION ON A LOCAL BASIS. <br />52 80011 .45 pmt'892 <br />FEB 25 1981 <br />