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B-130515-G.94 1 (1979-03-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadaif0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES . . WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 B-130515 G. 94 M The Honorable John J. Rhodes House of Representatives Dear Mr. Rhodes: This responds to your request for our consideration of a problem raised in a letter from Josephine V. Molina, of Guadalupe, Arizona, one of your constituents. Her letter is being returned as you requested. VIs. Molina expressed concern about the proposed purchase of the GO Restaurant from the Guadalupe Organization, Inc., (GO) by the Guadalupe Town Council for $45, 000, utilizing Federal Revenue Sharing funds. She alleges that approximately 4 to 7 years ago, an old Army barracks was remodeled as a low-priced restaurant for senior citizens by a group of men who were paid under a GO training program that was federally funded. The GO Restaurant never opened. Ms. Molina asks: (1) Whether GO can sell the restaurant after using Federal funds to remodel it? (2) If Federal funds were used to remodel the barracks, whether the money GO receives for the restaurant should be used to benefit the community? (3 Whether Federal Revenue Sharing funds may be used to purchase the building and land without an appraisal? As you know, Guadalupe is a community located in a poverty area near the cities of Tempe and Phoenix, Arizona. Guadalupe Organiza- tion which is located in that community, was incorported in 1964. In 1965, it became the first community action agency grantee funded in Arizona under Title II of the Economic Opportunity Act, 42 U. S. C. § 2782 (1970). While a substantial portion of GO's funding consisted of Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) grant funds, GO had, in addition, ndn- Federal sources of funding. A complete history of GO's grant rela- tionship with the OEO through the 1971-72 program year is set forth in a report to you entitled Certain Activities Of The Guadalupe Organiza- tion, Inc., Guadalupe, Arizona (B-130515), dated September 21, 1972. (For your- convenience, another copy is enclosed.) We noted that GO used its own funds and borrowed money from outside sources in order a

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