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. . Commissioner Villa requested information on the status of the funding and stated that he understood a contract had been approved and funds were forthcoming. FUNDING STATUS . In response to Commissioner Villa's inquiry, the Secretary Pro Tem stated that the funds would not be received until the program was under- ¥fay since it was on a reimbursement basis; that the man who was going to be responsible for the program was the Assistant to the City Manager for Community Relations; and that he would begin in November. Commissioner Villa stated that he could not understand why the pro- gram had not gotten off the ground since the contract had been approved and asked why there had been no advertisement for an Executive Director; and that the Authority had not been aware that the Secretary Pro Tem was going to name one of his staff to fill that post. , The Secretary Pro Tem stated that the matter of administering the pro- gram still required considerable research and that the program could be initiated in one of the following ways: 1) in house, the program being initiated by the staff, or 2) could contract out and have an experienced realtor provide the service. He further stated that the grant required that the units be inspected and up to code before the program could be initiated; and that further work on the program could not be done until he received additional assistance in his office. . Commissioner Villa stated that he believed the Authority should get someone on board; that some funding should be committed from the City so that the Authority could be reimbursed; that the first item to consider was the hiring of a Director--not just picking someone out of staff; and that a full-time Director should have been recruited as soon as the contract had been approved. Chairman Patterson stated that the Authority had not yet made that decision; that he understood the immediate staff was to be used until ' it was unable to handle the program; and suggested that the matter be considered at the next regular meeting of the Housing Authority. . Chairman Patterson stated that he was not ready to support any motion relative to the hiring of a Director because he had no facts upon which to base his support, even though he agreed that the program should get moving. . . The Secretary Pro Tem stated that he anticipated by the next regular Housing Authority meeting he would have an assistant on board who would develop a tentative program on how to proceed; that he could see nothing to be gained by immediately hiring a Director; and that some harm might be done by so doing. On the unanimously approved motion of Commissioner Villa, seconded by Commissioner Griset, the matter of selecting an Executive Director was referred to staff for a report at the November 20 meeting. . , -2-