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�3v Raymond Armstrong, 645 S. E. 26th Street, was present telling the Council that he has been a member of the Board of the Lamar County Human Resources Council for 18 years, that the Council has been the front line organization to bring food and services to citizens of this community that have great needs. We have ten to twenty programs at different times which includes not only food services, food for people at sites, six to eight sites in this County, 250 delivery everyday to homes, transportation and on and on. Mr. Armstrong discussed the 202 Housing which is sponsored by the National Benevolent Association which builds and sponsors, as we are seeking to do, 202 Housing across the country, as well as homes for the elderly and children. Mr. Armstrong said they have view sites in Longview, Tyler, and Henderson, and they are a credit to the community. Mr. Armstrong encouraged the Council to approval the zoning change. Gary O'Connor, 4504 Choctaw Lane, addressed the economic impact of the proposed project on the community. The projected cost of construction of this complex is 2.4 million dollars, and the guaranteed operating and maintenance cost funds, which has already been appropriated to maintain this project over the next twenty years amounts to an additional three million dollars. Mr. O'Connor said this federal money that will be lost to this community if an acceptable site is not approved very soon. Using the standard rule of thumb that each dollar of new money coming into a community turns over seven times, this project could amount to an economic shot in the arm worth 38 million dollars. It means new construction jobs, jobs for building material suppliers, income for people who provide services to these workers. On the other side of the economic issue, is the many low income elderly who either own their homes but can not afford to maintain them, or who are forced to rent substandard housing in neighborhood where they are easy prey for criminals. Mr. O'Connor said the HUD 202 Program Standards would compliment the area in appearance and type of construction. Mr. O'Connor said that one of the valid issued that was raised was the potential danger of having elderly drivers entering a 50 MPH traffic stream from below the crest of the hill. Mr. O'Connor said they were in the process of signing a contract of sale with the property owner who owns a small section east of the proposed project. This will allow for an exit from the housing development at the top of the crest of the hill, and should minimize or eliminate some of the hazard from that. Several people asked if we had consider other sites, we did, all of the other sites were rejected because of cost, or the site was in an impacted area. Mr. O'Connor asked that the city approved this requested. Benny Lovell, Realtor, representing Mr. LaFoy spoke in favor of the zoning change, and presented a petition containing 220 signature in favor of the rezoning. David Steely, 3375 Clarksville Street, appeared before the Council stating that he also represented Jimmy and Peggy Guthrie, and to answer questions that has be brought up, one is what we would like to see across the street, and the answer is, we would like to have the homes