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00447 <br /> ou <br /> doubt have had over-runs here in terms of building projects that con- <br /> tractors undertook for you. I know they have Los Angelos, Durham, all <br /> over the United States where you don't complete a project in the time <br /> you anticipate completing it. So the project went over 5 days; of <br /> course, there was a penalty for that. And I think most contracts there <br /> is a penalty for going over. Anyway, the job was completed; it was <br /> completed satisfactorily predicated on the on the admission of the <br /> person for whom the job was being done- The property owner. And after <br /> this job was completed, Mr. Smith received a letter from the Director <br /> of this program, stating that he would not be eligible to participate <br /> in the program anymore. In other words, he was banned. There were two <br /> criteria he established for banning him from the program: 1) Pre- <br /> dicated on a memo that was in a folder, not in his personnel folder, <br /> but another folder that Mr. Smith was refused when he asked for this <br /> information under the proper Act; the second criterion was a letter that <br /> had been received fLom the City of Durham stating that Mr. Smith had <br /> been banned from program participation in Durham. Now follow this area <br /> very carefully. The letter that came to your director fiw Durham <br /> arrived and was requested prior to certification of Mr. Smith to partic- <br /> ipate in the Community Development Program. That letter was on file. <br /> You note the date. The date indicates that it was received before Mr. <br /> Smith certified to participate. If this was, if this had been one of <br /> the criteria for denial then why was he ever granted the right to par- <br /> ticipate initially? In as much as this data proceeded his participation. <br /> If the memo was which was written by your Rehab Specialist. Was a <br /> criterion that had objective intent of bettering the performance of <br /> contractors it seems to me that Mr. Smith would have been made aware of <br /> this and that some steps would have been made to let him know they were <br /> dissatisfied with something and on the basis of that corrective measures <br /> would have had to have been instituted or participation would have been <br /> denied in the future. This was not done. This memo was hidden and the <br /> assistant to your director had to go and find this memo and bring it out <br /> at the time we were in the office and say 'This is why I believe he was <br /> denied the right to participate. That memo You should have which became <br /> a philosophy or an approach to prioritizing work at the time Mr. Smith <br />