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eoo~ 13 260 Mrs. Adams advised that the Triangle Housing Development Corporation was formed as a corporation in the late 701s. In 1973 housing was a service that was offered by Triangle J Council of Governments. They served all the counties in the region. They started financing through HUD and Farmers Home, but there was a problem that HUD and Farmers Home would not fund a Regional Organization directly. The staff housing component of Triangle J COG formed a charter and by-laws and formed a separate identity through which they could channel that money in through the COG to provide their housing programs to the region. After a short time they saw this wasn't working and so the staff started their own private non-profit corporation and spun off from Triangle J. The reason they did this was they had some problems with Triangle J taking too much of their administrative money. After they formed their corporation they hired a manager. The Manager has now been running the housing project for 10 years. The Board has been rather non-functional. Mr. Daye, The Chairman, sees a need for the Board to be a function board, so last year he started a project to re-draft the by-laws and to get the Board operating again. There was general discussion on the Triangle Housing Development Corporation and on The Triangle J Council of Governments, but no action was taken. Commissioner Cox thanked Mrs. Adams for her assistance and commended her for her efforts. The County Manager distributed copies of the Budget Ordinance for Fiscal Year 1990-91 which reflects all the changes as directed by the Board during the budget deliberations over the past three weeks. Commissioner Cox moved to amend the Budget Ordinance to increase the amount to the Temple Theater. The motion failed due to a lack of a second. Commissioner Stafford moved the adoption of the following: 4