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Board of County Commissioners Meeting Minutes-Final June 19,2018 <br /> Chairman O'Bryan commented on the CDBG record-keeping requirements <br /> which can raise costs and deter bids. : Sasan Rohani, Chief of Long Range <br /> Planning, confirmed that the grants were paperwork intensive but worth <br /> pursuing if there was a specific need. <br /> The Chairman opened the Public Hearing. <br /> Judy Orcutt, 4665 Pebble Bay South, questioned whether the CDBG could be <br /> used for a neighborhood that needs septic to sewer conversions and was advised - <br /> that the administration costs wouldlbe prohibitive. . <br /> Julianne Price, Health Department and Chair of the Affordable Housing <br /> Advisory Committee, spoke in support of applying for funds under the Housing <br /> Rehabilitation category. <br /> There being no additional speakers, the Chairman closed the Public Hearing. <br /> Mr.Rohani and Mr. Schutt continued the presentation with the recommendation <br /> from the Citizen Advisory Task Force Committee which had voted unanimously <br /> to recommend pursuing a CDBG in the Housing Rehabilitation category. Staff <br /> was instructed to choose a specific project for funding and to present it at the <br /> next Public Hearing on July 10,2018. <br /> A motion was made by Vice Chairman Solari,seconded by Commissioner: <br /> Flescher,to approve staffs recommendations with the direction to pursue a <br /> Community Development:Block Grant in the-Housing Rehabilitation category. <br /> The motion carried by the following vote: <br /> Aye: 5- Chairman O'Bryan,.Vice Chairman Solari, Commissioner Adams, Commissioner <br /> Flescher, and Commissioner Zorc <br /> Mr. Schutt then revisited the requirements for the fourth CDBG category,Economic <br /> Development,which could be applied for simultaneously with the Housing <br /> Rehabilitation Grant. <br /> Chairman O'Bryan, along with staff, clarified that the CDBG funds could be <br /> awarded as a loan or a grant depending on the project. The Chairman made <br /> mention of the number of abandoned packing houses in the County which maybe <br /> candidates for an Economic Development loan. <br /> A motion was made by Vice Chairman Solari,seconded by Chairman O'Bryan,to <br /> authorize:staff to solicit a potential applicant for the Economic Development category <br /> of the:Community Development Block Grant program. The motion carried by the <br /> following vote: <br /> Aye: 5- Chairman O'Bryan, Vice.Chairman Solari, Commissioner Adams, Commissioner <br /> Flescher, and Commissioner Zorc <br /> Indian River County Florida Page 10 <br />