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Council Members

Community Development Advisory Council

Called Board Meeting Minutes

January 10, 2007



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

Government Center Annex Building, 420 10th Street, January 10, 2007.



Members Present: Lula Arrington, Steven D?Ostroph, Homer Khul, Herman Lewis,

John Partian, Daniel Priban, Eddie Roberts, Judy Rowe, Leigh Stewart, Bryan

Stone



Members Absent: Charles Gibbs, La Fini Mosby, Arthur Rodgers



Others Present: Joe Riddle, Mark McCollum



CALL TO ORDER:

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

present. The Minutes of the December 13, 2006 Meeting were approved.



The Board was informed of the staff?s inability to contact Board Member Charles

Gibbs. Telephone calls made to Mr. Gibbs have not been returned. A motion was

made by John Partian to declare the position vacant and to notify the Clerk of

Council of the vacancy. Bryan Stone seconded the motion. The motion passed.



The Board reviewed and discussed the Entitlement budget recommendations for

FY2008. The recommendations being proposed are based on the requests made

through the application process for Entitlement funds. The total amount of

funds available for FY2008 is being based on the prior year?s funding amount.

As of this date, the dollar amounts for funding have not been released by HUD.

A motion was made by Bryan Stone to request several organizations requesting

funding to make a presentation to the Board. The purpose of the presentations

would be to give the Board a better understanding of the organization and their

funding request. Daniel Priban seconded the motion. The motion passed. The

Board discussed the list of applicants and selected two (2)

organizations/activities to review. The Board selected the Urban League and

the City?s Project Care Program to make presentations. The presentations will

be made at a Called Board meeting scheduled for Tuesday, January 23, 11:30 at

the Government Center Annex.





ADJOURN



There being no further business the meeting was adjourned.



______________________

Eddie Roberts, Chairman Minutes taken by: Mark McCollum

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