B-126695, APR. 6, 1956
Highlights
HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE AGENCY: REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF MARCH 2. IT IS REPORTED THAT THE TOWN MADE A PAYMENT OF $134.06 IN AUGUST 1949 WHICH WAS CONSIDERED TO BE THE PROPORTIONATE SHARE (7 PERCENT) OF THE WORK ACCOMPLISHED UNDER THE SUBJECT PLANS. YOUR LETTER OF MARCH 2 STATES THAT CONSIDERABLE MORE OF THE PROJECT WORK HAS BEEN UNDERTAKEN BUT THAT THE TOWN OFFICIALS HAVE INDICATED THAT FUNDS ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO REPAY THE BALANCE ADVANCED. IN ORDER THAT THIS OFFICE MAY PROPERLY DISPOSE OF THE CLAIM IT IS REQUESTED THAT THERE BE FURNISHED. THE TOTAL ESTIMATED COST OF THE CONSTRUCTION COMPLETED UNDER THE ORIGINAL PLANS AND SUCH EVIDENCE AS IS AVAILABLE TO ESTABLISH THAT THE TOWN HAS UNDERTAKEN MORE OF THE PROJECT THAN THE 7 PERCENT REPORTED IN 1949.
B-126695, APR. 6, 1956
TO MR. JOHN C. HAZELTINE, COMMISSIONER, COMMUNITY FACILITIES ADMINISTRATION, HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE AGENCY:
REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF MARCH 2, 1956, ADDRESSED TO THE CLAIMS DIVISION OF THIS OFFICE, CONCERNING THE CLAIM OF THE UNITED STATES AGAINST THE TOWN OF BELLEVUE, IOWA, ARISING BY REASON OF AN ADVANCE MADE IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,905.20 TO THE TOWN UNDER PROJECT NO. IOWA 13-P-102 FOR STREET IMPROVEMENT PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE V OF THE WAR MOBILIZATION AND RECONVERSION ACT OF 1944, 58 STAT. 791.
IT IS REPORTED THAT THE TOWN MADE A PAYMENT OF $134.06 IN AUGUST 1949 WHICH WAS CONSIDERED TO BE THE PROPORTIONATE SHARE (7 PERCENT) OF THE WORK ACCOMPLISHED UNDER THE SUBJECT PLANS. YOUR LETTER OF MARCH 2 STATES THAT CONSIDERABLE MORE OF THE PROJECT WORK HAS BEEN UNDERTAKEN BUT THAT THE TOWN OFFICIALS HAVE INDICATED THAT FUNDS ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO REPAY THE BALANCE ADVANCED.
IN ORDER THAT THIS OFFICE MAY PROPERLY DISPOSE OF THE CLAIM IT IS REQUESTED THAT THERE BE FURNISHED, AS PROMPTLY AS POSSIBLE, AN ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT SHOWING THE VALUE OF THE PROJECT UNDERTAKEN BY THE TOWN TO DATE, THE TOTAL ESTIMATED COST OF THE CONSTRUCTION COMPLETED UNDER THE ORIGINAL PLANS AND SUCH EVIDENCE AS IS AVAILABLE TO ESTABLISH THAT THE TOWN HAS UNDERTAKEN MORE OF THE PROJECT THAN THE 7 PERCENT REPORTED IN 1949.