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Resoltuion re: Payback to HUD BE IT FURTHER.RESOLVED that the follOwing policies and procedures will henceforth~-be adhered to by the Council in selecting the persons to be appointed to the Social Development Commission: (1) The Chairmen of the Boards of Directors of the United Way. and the Chamber of Commerce and the Chairman of the City School Board will be asked to nominate not more than three members of their respective boards who are residents of the City; (2) The Council will appoint one representative from the city churches; (3) The President of the University of Virginia will be asked to nominate not more than three representatives of the University administration who are residents of the City; (4) The Director of theDepartment of Social Services will be requested to nominate not more than six present or former recipients of welfare services or other proverty group representatives; (5) The ranking student government officer at Charlottesville High School will be asked to nominate not more than three members of the student body; (6) The local Chapter of the American Association of Retired Persons will be asked to nominate not more than three of its members who reside in the City; (7) The President of the Student Council at the University of Virginia will be asked to nominate not more than three members· o6 the 'body who have at least two years remaining in their course of study and who are residents of the City; (8) City Council will appoint two members of the City Planning Commission; (9) City Council will appoint two at-large members from the community; and (10) City Council will consider the people so nominated as well as their representatives of similar interests and may also advertise vacancies on the Commission for applications from interested citizens. One persons shall be chosen to ~epresent each category mentioned above except paragraphs numbered (4), (8) and (9) in which case two persons shall be chosen. As the terms of members of the Commission expire or as resignations are received, reappointments or replacements shall be sought in accordance with the procedures outlined abo~e. The City Manager advised the Council that HUD noted in their site visits this fall that they found two rehabilitation projects, which CHIP had undertaken, which the HUD people felt were not eligible. They are located at 117 Midland Street and 513 12th Street and they felt there had been rehabilitation to the point that it had become new construction as opposed to rehabilitation and they would not approve them. He stated that rather than say the City must pay the money back HUD had indicated that the monmy can be deducted from this coming years grant program, and the amount is $17,764. The staff recommends that Council accept that method of making the correction rather than any other, but the City needs to advise HUD how we will take care of the matter. He stated that necessary measures have been taken to see that this doesn't happen again. A motion p?~Mr. Brunton, seconded by Mr. Barbour that the staff recommendation be accepted for adjusting the amount allegedly improperly expended, even though the Council doesn't think anything wrong has been done, the program has been carried out in the spirit in which it was adopted in the first place, was unanimously adopted.