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ON MOTION by Commissioner Eggert, SECONDED by <br />Commissioner Bird, the Board unanimously authorized <br />staff to proceed with Request for Proposals for bond <br />counsel regarding the General Obligation Bond issue <br />to purchase environmentally sensitive land and the <br />P-.E.P. Reef, as recommended by staff. <br />H. Block Grant - CSBG Housing Rehabilitation <br />The Board reviewed memo from I.R.C. Housing Authority Director <br />Guy Decker dated March 16, 1994: <br />TO: The Honorable Members of DATE: March 16, 1994 FILE: <br />the Board of County Commissioners <br />THROUGH: H. T. "Sonny" Dean, Director <br />Department of General Service <br />SUBJECT: Community services Block Grant <br />Housing Rehabilitation Program <br />Federal Fiscal Year 1994 <br />FROM: Guy L. Decker, Jr. REFERENCES: <br />Executive Director <br />I.R.C. Housing Authority <br />It is recommended that the data herein presented be given formal <br />consideration by the County Commission. <br />DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS: <br />The State of Florida's Department of Community Affairs has once <br />again allocated $6,016.00 to Indian River County under their C.S.B.G. <br />Program, and the Housing Authority would like to utilize this grant <br />to provide rehabilitation housing consulting services which activates <br />rehabilitation funding from governmental sources. This program will <br />run from April 1, 1994 to September 30, 1994. <br />The Farmers Home Administration Section 504 Program provides <br />housing rehabilitation loans and grants to low-income and elderly <br />persons who lack the finances to make their homes decent, safe and <br />sanitary and free of health and safety defects. <br />This 1994 Program is targeted in the Sebastian area of the County <br />and 14 low-income and elderly owners will have their homes brought up <br />to safe and sanitary standards. It's also targeted in Wabasso and <br />Winter Beach areas. <br />ALTERNATIVES AND ANALYSIS: <br />This is our twelfth year of funding under legislation passed by <br />the Congress which consolidates various social programs into the block <br />grant categories. <br />11 <br />BAR21994 800F�9�.. <br />J <br />