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,', iC ,,'~ tJ MARCH 11, 1980 TUESDAY Citizens present and speaking for the proposed project and on behalf of other citizens were: Messrs. Thomas J. Womack, Joe Pritchett, Robert Johnson, William W. Edwards (a member of the City School Board), J. B. Travis, and one or more unidentified citizens, as well as Mayor Hobson, And, in response to a question posed by Vice-Mayor Cole, these citizens seemed convinced that, once the improvements to the residences are made, the owners and recipients would satisfactorily maintain their homes and premises. After Councilman Oakes indicated that he would not vote for the filing of the final application (having previously voted against the filing of the pre-application although the program, in his opinion, has some merit) because the program would place the City more into "public housingl1 than he can support, a motion was introduced, duly seconded, to authorize the filing of said final application, which motion carried by a vote of three-to-two (Messrs. Hobson, Cole and Greene voting in the affirmative and Messrs, West and Oakes voting in the negative). Council "tabled" consideration of the several Constitutional Officers' budget requests for 1980-81, noting that not all of such requests have been duly filed with Council and, also, such requests as have been filed were not filed in time for Council to give due consideration thereto. City Manager Noland, along with Police Chief Frank A. Gard, Sr., announced Chief Gard's forthcoming retirement, effective June 30, 1980. In connection with the adopted resolution he sponsored at Council's February 26th meeting, appealing to the general public for assistance toward preventing break-ins and robberies as well as apprehending persons guilty thereof, Vice-Mayor Cole noted that, apparently, the appeal has not been relayed appropriately to the public and,