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Federol Aid Projects . .

HHFAdministrator Norman P. Mason approved May 2 the workable program by which Gridley, California, proposes to eliminate and prevent slums and blight and guide its orderly development. The city of 3,500 in Butte county, about 65 miles north of Sacramento, is in a rich farming area and the shopping center for an estimated 20,000 persons within a l0-mile radius. It anticipates considerable increase in population because of construction in the Oroville Dam district. A survey of substandard housing conducted in May 1958 revealed potential slums in any part of the city, with 15 structures unfit for habitation, of which seven have been demolished, four vacated or rehabilitated, and four condemnerl. The city has a building code and the state housing act is enforced. The city has a planning commission and will relocate in stanclard housing any families displaced by renewal or governmental actions. The housing authority has 24 units of low-rent public housing under management and has applied for authority to build another 30. Refer: Mayor Don T. Lucas.

The board of supervisors of Tulare County, California, received HHFA recertification May 2 for one year of the board's workable program for prevention and elimination of slums and blight in the unincorporated town of Cutler, which is about 28 miles southeast of Fresno and has a population of 2.000. The county housing authority has 24 units of low-rent public housing under construction in Cutler. Refer: Board of Supervisors, Tulare County Courthouse, Visalia, Calif.

Western Washington College, Bellingham, I.ras received a $55,800 CFAdvance to plan a dormitory for 200 women students and dining facilities for 600 at estimated $1..553,400 costs to start construction by September 1959. Refer: W. W. Haggard, President; Project No. Wash. 45-P-3056.

Earlimart, California, has received CFApproval of a $475,000 loan for the acquisition and construction of water and sewer facilities, contingent on inability to obtain private financing at reasonable terms. The San Joaquin Valley conrmunity is about 25 nriles south of Tulare. Refer: Walter K. McCormick, Secretarv, Earlimart Public Utilitv District, Tulare County, Calif.; Project No. PFL-VI-4-40.

The boar<l of County Commissioners, Bannock County, Idaho, has received CFApproval of a $16,980 advance to plan a new county fair and rodeo grouncls at Pocatello, Idaho, seat of the county. Construction is expected to begin drrring 1960 on the estimated $1,203,120 proj,ect. Refer: Emmette H. Spraker, Chairman, Roard of County Commissioners; Project No. Ida. l0-P-3010.

The University of California, Berkeley Campus, has received CFApproval of a $1,631,000 loan to construct parking facilities to accomtnodate 1,495 cars in three buildings on 1>repared surface areas. The campus population grew from 18,000 in 1940 to 2.i,300. Loan is contingent on inability of applicant to obtain privat.e financing at reasonable terms. Refer: Robert M. Underhill, Secretary and Treasurer; Project No. PFL-VI-4-4.5.

Tlre University of California, Los Angeles Campus, has received CFApproval of a $1,98.1,000 loan to construct parking facilities to accommodate about 1,760 cars in one ,building on prepared surface areas. The campus population grew from an estimated 10,000 in 1940 to 21,700. Loan is contingent on inabilitl'of the applicant to obtain private financing at reasonable terms. Refer: Robert M. Underhill, S,ecretary ancl Treasurer; Project No. PFL-VI-4-46.

Community Facilities Administration Commissioner John C. Hazeltine, Washington 25, D. C., announced tr,{a1' 14 that applications for college housing loans totaling $42,026,000 were leceivecl during April and included Region VI (San Francisco, Calif.): Arizona State College, Tempe, $2,500,000; College of the Holy Names, Oakland, $350,000; IJniversity of California, Berkeley, $3,000,000; University of California, Davis, $750,000; University of California, Los Angeles, $3,000,000. Until the Congress has acted upon an additional authorization requested l;y the President, the CFA will be unable to accept applications on a firm basis beyond the amount of the existing authorization. However, Regional Offices of the Housing ancl Home Finance Agency have ,been instructecl to continue to accept and to process applications for College Housing Loans up to the point of final comn.ritment. Announcement will continue to be made of applications received so that private lenders nray negotiate with the institutions to make the loans if they wish.

Tlie citl' of Wheatland, California, has received CFApproval of a $4,000 advance for preliminary planning of serverage faci'lities. Construction is expectcd to besin in 1963 on the estin.rated $235,000 project in the city of 735 (1950) in Yuba count]' about 10 miles southeast of tr,farysville and 3.5 miles north of Sacranrento. The city is adjacent to the Beale AFB and officials oredict an influx of 3,000 Deople due to increased activities at the Bas.e. Refer: \{a1'or Robert H. Coe; Project No. Calif. 4-P-3281.