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F E B 25 1981 o 4: SAGE 83 PLANNING DIRECTOR REVER EXPLAINED THAT THE CENSUS MATERIAL IS COLLECTED ON A SUPPOSEDLY SCIENTIFIC BASIS OF A PARTIAL SURVEY. THE HAP IS A MUCH MORE IN-DEPTH IDENTIFICATION OF SPECIFIC PROBLEMS WHERE THEY WOULD LIKE YOU TO GO OUT IN THE FIELD, HOUSE TO HOUSE, AND SHOW ACTUAL PICTURES. QUESTIONS CONTINUED AS TO WHY THIS WORK CANNOT BE HANDLED IN-HOUSE. IT WAS NOTED THE HOUSING AUTHORITY IS OFFERING THEIR ASSISTANCE. CHAIRMAN LYONS BELIEVED THE HOUSING AUTHORITY CAN DO THE APPLICATION FOR RESUBMISSION, BUT THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH LABOR AVAILABLE TO DO THE HAP, COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK COMMENTED THAT THE HOUSING ASSISTANCE PLAN APPARENTLY IS NEEDED TO CONTINUE WITH OUR O.N-GOING OPERATION WHILE THE $2,50O APPLIES ONLY TO THE COST OF RESUBMISSION OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PRE -APPLICATION; HE WAS OF THE OPINION WE ARE JUST GAMBLING ON GETTING ANY MORE MONEY FROM THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND HE DID NOT FEEL THE LETTER WE HAVE RECEIVED IS PARTICULARLY ENCOURAGING. CHAIRMAN LYONS POINTED OUT THAT IT IS THE MOST ENCOURAGING LETTER WE HAVE RECEIVED TO DATE. MR. REGAN EXPLAINED THAT WHAT WE HAVE EFFECTIVELY DONE IS LET HUD KNOW THAT INDIAN RIVER COUNTY IS HERE; WE ARE A SMALL COUNTY, ONLY 60,OW PEOPLE, AND IT IS HARD TO GET THE MONEY, WE HAVE, HOWEVER, GOTTEN OTHER FUNDS - SECTION S HOUSING ASSISTANCE, ETC.- AND NOT TO STAY IN THERE AND LET THEM KNOW WE ARE FIGHTING HARD FOR THESE FUNDS WOULD BE A GRIEVOUS ERROR. DISCUSSION FOLLOWED AS TO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY NEEDING THE HAP IN ORDER TO KEEP OPERATIVE, AND COMMISSIONER WODTKE FELT THAT A PORTION OF THE COST OF THE PLAN SHOULD BE CHARGEABLE TO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY IN THE FORM OF A LOAN. MR. REGAN POINTED OUT THAT IF WE - SHOULD GET A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GRANT, THE TOTAL COSTS ARE REFUNDABLE AGAINST THE GRANT. COMMISSIONER BIRD ASKED WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM, AND FINANCE DIRECTOR BARTON STATED THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE A TRANSFER FROM ONE OF THE RESERVE ACCOUNTS TO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY BECAUSE THEY ARE ALREADY OPERATING ON BORROWED MONEY.