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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 30, 1975)
$71,000 grant — { THE BATTALION Page 9 JhXL VATU 30. „7 5 Who will benefit? Neighborhood “C” s version of San Clemente Rundown car and carport appropriate conditions for neighborhood “D” Curb and gutter from neighborhood “D” .East By-pass Neighborhood Neighborhood Texas Neighborhood Texas//A&M Neighborhood Photos by Glen Johnson Poor streets were also cited by residents or neighborhood “A”. T JL he four College Station neighborhoods shown above have been designated by City Planner Bill Koehler as areas eligible to benefit from funding granted through the Community Development Act of 1974. In the past two weeks residents of the four neighbor hoods met on separate dates with Al Mayo of the city planner’s office to discuss the priorities of services needed in their particular areas. The city has been allocated $71,000 for this year under the program, which was created to consolidate and replace similar programs in cluding Urban Renewal and Model Cities. To receive the funding, the residents of the areas to be affected must have an opportunity to participate in setting spending priorities and approving final expendi tures. The money must be used in low to middle income areas or for urgent community development needs and the city must show that the work done is environmentally sound. Next year the city will have to prepare a performance report of work being done with the funds for the Depart ment of Housing and Urban Development which oper ates the program. Pending the approvel of HUD, the city will receive $169,000 next year and $257,000 in 1977 under the program. Representatives of the four neighborhoods, called the Citizens Advisory Group, will meet with the city Planning and Zoning Commission Monday to determine which projects will receive the top priority rating. The public hearing will be in the A&M Consolidated High School Auditorium at 7:30 p. m. Priorities outlined in the neighborhood meetings centered around the need for street paving, proper drain age and adequate water pressure.