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The statement of I. J. Morriss for appraisal of the Holder prop- erty in the, amount of $50. 00, the statement of Carolina Appraisals, Inc. , in the amount of.$650.22, and the statement of Mr. Jimmy Love, Tax Attorney for processing the tax foreclosure of the Coastal Plain Utility land were presented to the Board,and';approved for payment, upon motion of Commissioner William H. Cooper,-,,seconded by Commissioner J. Eugene Rogers, 'which motion was unan- imously adopted. The Board directed the County Manager to have a well dug at the Sani- I- I tary Landfill site. Mr., Jerome J. Costa of Sheetz & Bradfield, Architects, and Mrs. Eunice Rives, Director of the Sanford Housing Authority, appeared before the Board and discussed the prior applications submitted for low rent housing. Mrs. Rives advised that all applications had been returned and that if the Board desired to pursue the program of low rent housing, it would be necessary to submit new applications. After discussion, Commissioner William H. Cooper, 'moved the adoption of the following resolution: WHEREAS, it is the policy of this locality to eliminate substandard and other inadequate housing, to prevent the spread of slums and blight, and to realize as soon as feasible the goal of_a decent home in a suitable living environment for all of its citizens; and WHEREAS, under the provisions of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, the United States of America (herein called the "Government") is authorized to provide fmanacial assistance to local public housing agencies for preliminary planning of developing low-rent housing units or for leasing dwelling units in existing privately- owned structures, that will assist inmeeting this goal; and WHEREAS, the Act provides that there shall be local deter- mination of need for low-rent housing to meet needs not being adequately met by private enterprise and that the Government shall not make any contract with a public housing agency for preliminary loans for surveys and'-planning in respect to any low-rent housing projects unless the governing body of the locality involved has by resolution approved the application of the public housing agency for such preliminary loan; and WHEREAS, leasing of dwelling units under Section 23 of the Act requires approval of leasing units by the local governing body; and WHEREAS, the Sanford Housing Authority, Agent, for Lee County (herein called the "Local Authority") is a public housing agency and is applying to the Government for low-rent housing. . NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS of the County of Lee, State of North Carolina, as follows: 1. There exists in the County of Lee, North Carolina, a need for such low-rent housing at rents within the means of low-income families. 2. The application of the Local Authority to the Govern- ment.for a preliminary loan in an amount not to exceed $100, 000 'for surveys and planning in connection with low-rent housing