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September 8,2008 Assembly ofGovernments Meeting <br /> Approved: November 10,2008 <br /> Page 16 of 25 <br /> 9:53:26 PM Alderman Broun asked did they know with any great certainty they could raise <br /> money from HUD. Mr. Dowling stated they usually were told each spring what that funding <br /> would be, and it had been the same for the last five years. He said based on what he had been <br /> told that funding would stay the same through 2012. <br /> Commissioner Hallman stated the Task Force had approached this from a non-political <br /> viewpoint, and the reality was that if they did not do something soon then they were facing a <br /> collapse of the program. <br /> Alderman Gist suggested that at the next Assembly of Governments meeting that the each <br /> elected body report on the progress they had made in the interim, and if they were not approving <br /> payment-in-lieu that they report on what they were doing. <br /> Alderman Haven-O'Donnell asked that Affordable Housing be moved up on the agenda so that <br /> the time for discussion was not constrained by it being taken up late in the evening. <br /> Mayor Stevens stated for the next Assembly of Governments,he believed affordable housing and <br /> economic development should be the two primary issues. There was no disagreement from those <br /> present. <br /> 5) FUTURE AGENDA TOPIC/THEMES <br /> Library Services <br /> Transportation(long range plan,rail stop, airport,public transportation) <br /> Fire and Emergency Services <br /> Economic Development <br /> Parks,Recreation <br /> Fiscal Sustainability <br /> 6) ADJOURNMENT <br /> Mayor Stevens adjourned the meeting at 9:56 p.m. <br /> 491t <br /> Respectfully submitted, <br /> Donna F.Armbrister,MMC <br /> Town Clerk <br /> 16 <br />