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MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF THE
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF FAYETTEVILLE) ARKANSAS
A regular meeting of the Housing Authority of Fayetteville, Arkansas, was
held at 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 15, 1966, in the Board of Directors'
Room in the City Administration Building in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Members present: L. L. Baxter, Bill Gould, Hal Douglas, Ellis Shelton
and J. E. Pomfret. (All members were present.)
Others present: Planning Consultant J. A. Vizzier and City Manager
Gerald Fox.
The meeting was called to order by Chairman L. L. Baxter. The Chairman
turned the meeting over to the Planning Consultant,
Planning Consultant J. A. Vizzier said Mr. Clifton Giles would be in
Fayetteville Friday, June 24. Mr. Giles will drive up Thursday night
and will be here at the convenience of the Housing Authority. Mr. George
Wildgen will come with him. Mr. Wildgen will talk to the committees of
the Chamber of Commerce and will tell of Little Rock's experience with
urban renewal.
• Mr. Vizzier remarked that Clifton Giles would like to live in Fayetteville
and felt he would be interested in Fayetteville's program. Question is
whether or not Fayetteville could pay a salary comparable to Little Rock.
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The members of the Housing Authority expressed their preference of a
morning meeting on Friday, June 24. The meeting, therefore, was scheduled
to be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, June 24,
Planning Consultant J. A. Vizzier submitted to the members a typewritten
report on the steps to obtain low -rent housing. The Planning Consultant
said Fayetteville has submitted its Workable Program and the Housing
Authority has been established and organized. The Housing Authority now
needs to enter into a Cooperation Agreement with the City of Fayetteville.
Upon entering into a Cooperation Agreement with the City of Fayetteville,
the Housing Authority will be ready to prepare and submit an application
for a Program Reservation and Preliminary Loan for public housing.
Mr. Vizzier said most of the steps had been completed so the Housing
Authority was ready to select an architect so he could begin working on
the development program. Mr. Vizzier pointed out that an architect
familiar with low -rent public housing projects could save all concerned
time and delay; however experience was not necessary. Members of the
Housing Authority decided to interview Mr. Stanley Brown of Little Rock,
Arkansas (main office is in Dallas, Texas) and Mr. E. E. Butler of
Springfield, Missouri, at a special meeting on Wednesday, June 22. The
local architects, Warren Segraves and Ernest Jacks, could be interviewed
later.
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Mr. Vizzier briefly reviewed the progress made on the application he was
preparing to fill out for low -rent housing. A typed sheet showing the
income in 1959 of families in Fayetteville was given to each member.
Mr. Vizzier said his information was obtained from the latest population
census which was made in 1960. The income sheet and the application were
discussed.
The Housing Authority further discussed the special meetings which would
be held next week. On Wednesday, June 22, at 10:00 a.m., they would
interview the two out of town architects, Mr. Stanley Brown and Mr. E. E.
Butler and would take the necessary action to enter into a Cooperation
Agreement with the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, and to file an
Application for Public Housing. On Friday, June 24, at 10:00 a.m., they
would interview the two local architects, Warren Segraves and Ernest
Jacks, and listen to Clifton Giles, Director of Urban Renewal, and George
Wildgen, Executive Director of the Urban Progress Association, Inc.
Before the meeting adjourned, Mr. Vizzier said early in July an urban
renewal project should be selected by the Housing Authority.
Bill Gould moved to adjourn. The motion was seconded by Ellis Shelton
and passed unanimously. The Chairman adjourned the meeting.
ATTEST: APPROVED:
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