Fort Walton Beach Council minutes — 03-19-1968 Special — reading text

55 MINUTES <F SPm IAL \ MEETIOO OF CITY IL OF FORT WALTON BEAm, COUli:: FlORIDA March 19, 19ts I A special March 19, meeting of the City Council of Fort Walton Beam was held on 1968, at 7: 30 p. m. with the following members present: Joseph W. Guidry Sterlyn W. Killingsworth William H. Soo niers C. H. Rigdon and Winston Walker, City Manager; Charles Evans, City Clerk- Finance Director; and Walter J. Smith, City Attorney. This meeting was preceded by a joint meeting of the City Council, Citizens Advisory Committee and the Planning Board. Mr. Martin Handrick, Special Assistant for Production with the Atlanta Office of Health, Education and Welfare, spoke to the three groups for approximately an hour explaining the procedure for developing low- rental housi ng in the community. Immediately following this joint meeting, Mr. Handrick conferred with Tom ~ an concern- ing the more intricate aspects of application for federal assistance in the program. Mr. Walker advised Council that the special meeting had been called for the purposes of appointing a public housing board, and, also, to adopt a housing code compliance program which ms been recommended to Council by the Citizens Advisory Board. He turther explained that housing code compliance is a re- quirement of getting recertification under the workable program. Mr. Walker read the Housing Code Compliance Program as recommended. Mr. Sconiers made a motion that Council pass the program as recommended by the Citizens Advisory Committee. The motion was seconded by Mr-. Killingsworth and unanimously passed. The following persons were recommended for membership on the public housing board: Ed Brown, Chairman Charlie H. Hill, 4 year term Tan ~ an, 3 year term Newstall Dowdell, 2 year term W. B. Harbeson, 1 year term I Mr. Guidry made a motion that the above named be appointed. The motion was 56 seconded by Hr. Sconiers and received unanimous approval of Council. The meeting adjourned at 9: 00 p. m. I i I I AWroved I 9u- ~ J 2...$;,f/ (" ~ MAICR~~ H. French Brown, Jr. Attest: J/tg~ Charles H. Evans City Clerk- Finance Director