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?°POSSIBLE APPEAL RE COUNTY'S APPLICATION FOR A COMMUNITY <br />DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT <br />Attorney Brandenburg reported that once again this year we <br />submitted a very thorough application under the Community <br />Development Block Grant Program and received back a one line note <br />from the State saying they would not even read or evaluate our <br />application because we had omitted one line throughout 150 pages <br />- we did not put on that one line that no one spoke either for or <br />against this at the public hearing. We had no attachment about a <br />public hearing because there were no comments, and because of <br />that they wouldn't even look at our work. <br />Attorney Brandenburg noted that we can go to Tallahassee and <br />appeal this, but he believed it will be a useless effort. Even <br />if we should win the appeal, which is unlikely, we would only get <br />scored, and because of the scoring system, it is even more <br />unlikely that we would be ranked. However, our people have <br />worked very hard and spent a lot of time preparing this <br />application, and the Attorney stated that he would be happy to <br />appeal this if the Board so desires. He noted that it will <br />involve an administrative hearing with the Department of Commun- <br />ity Affairs. <br />Chairman Lyons stated that he hates to give up on this. We <br />have business in Tallahassee anyway, and he felt we should at <br />least try. <br />Commissioner Bowman stated she would like to see us spend <br />our energy getting the rating system changed, and Attorney <br />Brandenburg noted that we did send such a request to the State, <br />but nothing ever came of it. <br />ON MOTION by Commissioner Scurlock, SECONDED <br />by Commissioner Bowman, the Board authorized the <br />Attorney to institute an appeal to the DCA in regard <br />to evaluating and scoring our Community Development <br />Block Grant Application. <br />41 <br />6 • <br />BOOK 59 L,1GF 947 <br />