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7. PROGRESS REPORTS (Cont'd ordeu to coven un4oreseen of changing situations in each unit. Becau/se o4 the Butceau',s desire to document each expenditutce and account 4otc evexy contract dottoA, change oxdex6 have become an .ine/seapabte aspect o4 tehab-i P,itation work. Because aceounta- bit t y o6 each pubt.ic dottat is necess an y, we wiU continue to ,submit change ordeu as the need art ics e/s . In gene -ewtt, tehab.ittitation pxog.awm ate stow, ptodd.ing pnojeeta wholse eg�eet ,us not immed.iatety 4ett. 14 we ate to do a good, accurate job- -they must tcemain so. We axe gtossty undetustaAjed and working on tl m.ited time. We as o ate &ezttr ieted by dottatc .imitations 4oA each project. The pto1ects ate phit- osophica.tty unpoputat and aetstheticaUy uncertain. Ins the Pubtie getting the i)L dotto lls wotrth? I do not know - -i j you'tce tatk.i.ng about each home',s ma&ket vatue - -I Aeatty can't say, but my answer woutd be an emphatic "yes" i6 you were tatk ing about .imptov.ing tiv.ing Bond t ionz and the .s aJety o4 the un it'/s occupants. In oute C-ity',s deteA oAated neighborhoods, we ate b,%inging homes up to minimum code with the hopes o4 making t i v ing a ti ttt e te/s s digs ieutt, impAov.ing the geneAat condition of the neighbotchood, gene&ati,ng neighborhood .intehest and cohesion, and po�ss,ibty ,saving Lives. The mat(iet vatue o4 the home does not enter the is sue at this stage. In my Jive ptuz yeatcs working with Aehab.i 2itation pxograrm, I can estate that it has neveA been an easy task with immediate Aeatization o4 goats. I do fleet that these progxaw accomptush ,some good. We ate making ti6e somewhat more beakabte and suAv.i- vat (somewhat terns di44icutt Jot petvsons who have to Live in deter.ioxated aneas and who have no means to .improve theitc pro - pert y. We aAe o 4 j etc ing a s otutl o n 6 oA a pro btem to which no atteAnative exists. At the ptes ent time, rehab.i ?.itat.i.on " the best and tea6t expensive way of dealing with uAban bright. The Chair thanked Mr. Crighton and stated that it is a good report. Commissioner Wiggins also complimented Mr. Crighton, and added, I think he has done an excellent job here of presenting the situa- tion and the response to it, and "let's keep this on hand. As memory dims and questions arise, we can bring it out again." Commissioner Robinson directed the following question to Mr. Crighton: "At the last meeting, it was explained to us that through this inspec- tion thing, as an example, one contractor had approximately six projects, that it took thirty days for each project for the inspec- tion, so that it was within a realm of possibility that it could be six months or later from the time of inspection until the time that the actual work was started. Is this going to be improved to cut down this period of time, so that, what the complaint was last month was because of the time lapse between the inspection and the actual work was when all these added costs arose ?" Response by Mr. Crighton, "Right. Under the Community Development Project, we completely changed the Notice to Proceed procedure. Now if the contractor had six homes, we would issue three notices to proceed immediately. At the time Mr. Alford here has - 15 -