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BE 0 HARBO� - Ho ould
e pend the money? That i the quest­
'on the Citizens Advisory Board (CAB)
want the residents of the city to er.
In order to hear the er, the CAB
will hold public hearing on Saturday,
ay 12, t the Benton Harbor Public
library at 11 a.m. .
Arnold Smith C B pre 'dent, told
tb C B memb r at their ay 3 meet­
in , th t the city will have 614,000
to pend for th fiscal year beginning
October 1, 1984.
� Smith explain d that re 'dents will
h the oppo unity to state how they
t the money Pent.
The C B will listen to the re . dent
d t en prioritize alit of community
need, Smith explained Community
group will then h ve until y 31 to
d up propo to meet the needs.
Smith . explained that the plan for
deve opin ueh list came out of an
April 21 orkshop at Captain' Table.
Th con n u a to proceed ith a
public hearin , deve op list of priorities
nd then licit proposals armed at meet-
es
o
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ing the needs expre sed by residents:
ccording to material pa d out by
the city at the April meeting, the HUD
funds can be u d for any of the
activities:
-Acqu�sjtion and Disposition of real
property for any public purpo
-Public Facilitie and Improvements
- quisition, construction reconstruction,
rehabilitation, or installation
-Clearance ctivities - land clear-
ing; demolition
-Public Services - childcare crime
prevention, drug abu education, em­
ployment, energy con rvation recreat­
ion, welfare �tc.
-Rehabilitation and Historic Preserva­
tion
-Code Enforce nt
-Renovation of Closed School Build-
ings - for Public or private u e
-Interim Assistance - temporary,
emergency measures to halt physical
deterioration or to alleviate public
health and safety hazards
-Payment of on-Federal Share -
CDBG Fund can be used to meet the
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face
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n
oted 6-3 not to
the .
fill to explain his vote, ying, "I feel
ry
end a program ery definitely, but I
ha e not been convinced by city staff
th t we can afford a program that's the
reason I'm voting no."
Others voted no ith similar reason
were Comrni loners Randall Jurgen n,
Juanita Echols orval Wei , Chade
Y rbrough and ayor ilce Coo e.
In the orkshop prior to the com­
rni . on meeting, sealed paymen t pro-
po from All-Time Pe t Control and
HuD Horton Pe t Control Companies'
ere r d. Both companie offered
credit plans to do the Rodent Control
Program for th city. "AU-Time". ve
Co 3
BENTO HARBOR - ember of the Citizen's
Advisory Bo rd (CAB) voted unanimou ly Thursday
ay 3, to take their fight for information on ho the
city has pent its HUD funds a step higher.
Th vote followed Community Developm nt director
William Lilly's failure to appear at the ay I CAB meet-
Continued 0 p e 3
requirements of "matching" grants from
other Federal Source
-Urban Renewal
-Relocation
-Removal of Architectural Bar-riers
-Economic Dev lopment
-Any other activity that has not
been declared ineligible, and will address
one or more of the three national ob­
jectives.
According to HUD the proj ct must
benefit 10 nd moderate income
families: eliminate slums or bli ht: or
meet urgent community d v Ioprn nt
needs where existing condition threaten
th community health or welfare.
ASTRO AUf TO ADDRESS COVERT B
. Ccrm1 11a y, y 10 to
7 p.m. in the Co ert .