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Council Members

Community Development Advisory Council

Called Board Meeting Minutes

February 8, 2006



A Called Meeting of the Community Development Advisory Council was held at the

Government Center Annex Building, 420 10th Street, February 8, 2006.



Members Present: Abdul Hasan, Judy Rowe, Lula Arrington, Debra Huling, Eddie

Roberts, John Partin, Arthur Rogers, Daniel Priban, Harold Funderburg



Others Present: David Arrington, Joe Riddle, Mark McCollum, Luis Tamayo, J-Quad

and Assoc., Liz Dillard, Homeless Resource Network, Joanne Cavis, Cooperative

Extension Office, Reginald Pugh and Emma Gladney, Urban League



CALL TO ORDER:



The meeting was called to order by Eddie Roberts, Chair. A quorum was

present. The meeting was opened with prayer by Abdul Hasan. The Minutes of

the February 1, 2006 Called Meeting were approved as presented.



A presentation was made to the Board by Luis Tamayo of J-Quad and Associates.

Mr. Tamayo

represents the consultants who are preparing the 5?Year Consolidated Plan for

the City. Mr.

Tayamo gave an in depth overview of the plan process and received input from

the Board on the

priorities for the community for HUD programs.



The Board had requested to interview three (3) applicants who had requested

funding for their

respective organization. The three (3) organizations were the Homeless

Resource Network, the

Cooperative Extension Office and the Urban League. Each representative from

the respective

organizations made a presentation to the Board and responded to the Board?s

questions. After

the presentations were made, the Board reviewed and discussed the overall budget

requests for funding for FY07. A motion was made by John Partain to approve

the budget as

amended. Dan Priban seconded the motion. The motion passed. The Budget will

be forwarded

to City Council. The Board requested that the application and interview

process with the

respective applicants for next year begin as soon as possible to allow more

time for the Board?s

review/consideration of the requests.







ADJOURNED



There being no further business the meeting was adjourned.





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Eddie Roberts, Chairman Minutes taken by: Mark McCollum

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