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JAMES JENKINS, PRESIDENT OF THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL, <br />APPEARED AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE BOARD APPROVED FOUR APPOINTMENTS TO <br />THE E.O.C. BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THEY REQUESTED THE DIVISION OF YOUTH <br />SERVICES AND THE SCHOOL BOARD TO EACH APPOINT ONE PERSON TO SERVE ON <br />THIS BOARD OF DIRECTORS. <br />MR. JENKINS STATED THAT HE HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO OBTAIN A LETTER <br />FROM THE WINTER BEACH GROUP NOW USING THE OLD WINTER BEACH SCHOOL,WITH <br />REGARD TO THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL USING AN ADDITIONAL PORTION <br />OF THE SCHOOL FOR EXPANDING OF THE HEAD START PROGRAM. <br />THE BOARD INFORMED MR, JENKINS THAT AS SOON AS HE HAS THIS <br />LETTER HE SHOULD NOTIFY THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO BE PLACED ON THE <br />AGENDA, <br />CHAIRMAN LOY DISCUSSED THE PROPOSED WATER PURCHASE CONTRACT <br />BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT UTILITIES, INC. SHE STATED <br />THAT THIS ITEM WAS PLACED ON THE AGENDA TODAY IN ANTICIPATION OF HAVING <br />SOME PERTINENT INFORMATION TO BRING TO THE BOARD THIS MORNING. IT NOW <br />APPEARS THERE HAS BEEN A MISUNDERSTANDING ON THE PART OF FARMERS HOME <br />ADMINISTRATION, AND AT THIS TIME, THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AS <br />TO THE CONTRACT, <br />CHAIRMAN LOY CONTINUED THAT AT THE SEPTEMBER LOTH MEETING, THE <br />BOARD INSTRUCTED ATTORNEY COLLINS TO WORK WITH CHARLES HERRING, ATTORNEY <br />REPRESENTING URBAN DEVELOPMENT UTILITIES, TO DRAW UP A WATER PURCHASE <br />AGREEMENT THAT WOULD MEET COUNTY AND F.H.A. REQUIREMENTS. JUST PRIOR <br />TO THAT MEETING, JACK JENNINGS, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, DID MEET WITH <br />F.H.A. OFFICIALS, AND THEY OUTLINED PROPOSALS THAT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE <br />TO THEM. ATTORNEY COLLINS DID DRAW UP AN AGREEMENT INCORPORATING THOSE <br />ITEMS. MR. HERRING ALSO DREW UP AN AGREEMENT BASED ON F.H.A.'S REQUIRE- <br />MENTS, THESE TWO DIFFERENT AGREEMENTS WERE BOTH SENT TO THE F.H.A. <br />GAINESVILLE OFFICE. A TELEPHONE CALL WAS MADE AND A LETTER OF TRANS- <br />MITTAL WAS SENT TO GAINESVILLE EXPLAINING THE REASON FOR THE TWO AGREE- <br />MENTS, SOMEHOW, ONLY ONE AGREEMENT, THE ONE PREPARED BY ATTORNEY HERRING, <br />WAS FORWARDED TO F.H.A. IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AT F.H.A.'s REQUEST, CHAIR- <br />MAN LOY AND THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR WENT TO GAINESVILLE ON OCTOBER 21ST <br />25 <br />OCT 221975 <br />RDO PAGE 5a <br />