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Y~., BOJK PAGE 486 Southern Ambulance Builders, Inc., . LaGrange, Ga.. 15, 791. 50 120, 00 15, 911.50 85. 00 370. 00 595. 00 Commissioner John E. Dotterer moved that the low bid be accepted, subject to the approval'.of the appropriate official of the Governor's Highway Safety Program. Commissioner Franklin D. Wicker seconded the motion and upon a vote, it was unanimously adopted. . , Mr. Elon Dickens appeared before the Board and requested that the Board give consideration in leasing the operation of the Sanitary Landfill to him; Mr. Dickens stated he was not interested in the collecting phase of the program but felt he could, operate the equipment and Landfill's operations more economically than the County could utilizing its own employees. This matter was referred to the Landfill Committee composed of Commissioners Franklin D. Wicker and Hal L. Hancock for study and their recommendations. Representatives of the Triange J Council of Government appeared before the Board and reviewed a draft of a plan for a public transportation development program. Commissioner Dotterer moved the adoption of a resolution providing that the.Board of Commissioners recognizes the needs for transportation in the rural area of the County and urges the Triangle J. Council of Government and staff to work out what the needs are and what can be done to meet these needs. Commissioner Franklin D. Wicker seconded the motion and upon a vote, it was unanimously adopted. The Board then proceeded to hold a public hearing„on the Commun- ity Development application. Upon motion of Commissioner Dotterer,' seconded by Commissioner Cooper, it was authorized to amend the application to show that the County will lease the Community Centers in the Tempting Community and in other areas. , Further, upon motion of Commissioner Dotterer, seconded by Comm- issioner Franklin D. Wicker, it was resolved to amend the application by increasing the amount set forth for the Broadway waterline. Representatives of the Triangle,J Council of Government were present and no persons were re- questdd-,to. be heard at the time of the public hearing. Upon motion of Commissioner John E. Dotterer, seconded by Commissioner Franklin D. Wicker, it was resolved to submit an application for Rural Housing Rehabilitation, as follows: RESOLVED that the County of Lee join with the other five counties of Region J and the State of North Carolina, in submitting an application to the Secretary of the Depart- ment of Housing and Urban Development for a grant of up to $300, 000 (from discretionary funds available to .her under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to support Innovative Community Development . projects) to implement a program of rural housing re- habilitation for owner and renter occupants in the six- county Region J. If this grant is secured, the program described in the attached "abstract of Proposal". will be carried out, in our behalf by the Triangle J Council of Governments and the Triangle Housing Development Corporation with the assistance -of anagency or agencies of the. State of North Carolina. Upon motion of Commissioner Dotterer, seconded by Comm- issioner Cooper, it was resolved to declare the week of April 7th through 13th, 1975, as. Community Standards Week in Lee County; in keeping with the action of the Governor.