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PORTION OF THIS GALLONAGE TO AREAS AROUND THE HOSPITAL AS DOCTOR'S OFFICES ARE OF MAJOR CONCERN.AND BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY AND WILL ALSO BEtWF:T THE MEDICAL CARE THE HOSPITAL CAN GIVE. HE NOTED THAT IF THIS ALLOCATION iS NOT MADE AVAILABLE, IT COULD .HURT AND HINDER THE HOSPITAL FROM AN ECONOMIC STANDPOINT AS WELL AS AFFECT THE QUALITY OF CARE THEY CAN OFFER. MR. SORENSEN POINTED OUT THAT THE HOSPITAL NEEDS THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT PROPOSED BY ATTORNEY .JACKSON AND NEEDS IT AS SOON AS IT OPENS, AND IF THIS SITUATION IS NOT RESOLVED, THE HOSPITAL BOARD MAY HAVE TOCONSIDERPROVIDING THIS TYPE OF FACILITY FOR ITSELF. HE STATED THAT HE WAS SURE THE BOARD WOULD NOT WANT TO SEE THE HOSPITAL HAVE TO COME BACK AS THEY DID ONCE BEFORE AND REQUEST HIGH MILLAGE.RATES BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT MAKE A GO OF IT. MR. SORENSEN FURTHER STATED THAT THE HOSPITAL BOARD WAS ASKED TO PASS A RESOLUTION FAVORING ALLOCATION OF WATER TO THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT, WHICH THEY DID, AND THEY NOW CANNOT UNDERSTAND HOW THIS SITUATION HAS COME ABOUT. ATTORNEY CHARLES HERRING, REPRESENTING URBAN DEVELOPMENT UTILI- TIES, APPEARED AND ASKED THAT THE BOARD GIVE FURTHER CONSIDERATION TO 1 THEIR WATER ALLOCATION AS ENGINEERING STUDIES DONE BY MRS BOSTWICK OF THE D. E. R. HAVE NOW INDICATED THAT THE 374,000 G . P . D . ALLOCATED WILL NOT SERVICE 1,200 AS CONTEMPLATED UNDER THE CONTRACT. ACCORDING TO THEIR FIGURES, THE WATER ALLOCATED WILL SERVE NO MORE THAN ARE PRESENTLY ON THE SYSTEM, AND THEREFORE, THE F.H.A. NOW FEELS THE PROJECT IS NOT ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE.ATTORNEY HERRING.STATED THE PROJECT AS IT STANDS NOW IS NOT WORKABLE WITHOUT 500,000 G.P.D. AS ORIGINALLY CONTEMPLATED AND ASKED THAT CONSIDERATION BE GIVEN TO THESE FACTS-,* WHICH HAVE NOT HERETOFORE BEEN BROUGHT BEFORE.THE BOARD, ATTORNEY HERRING THEN QUESTIONED WHETHER ATTORNEYJACKSON'S WELL PERMIT HAD ACTUALLY BEEN DENIED AND NOTED THAT IN AN 00 LETTER THE. DOCTORS HAD ASKED FOR 66,000 G.P.D.-FOR 14 OFFICES AND NOW THEY ARE ASKING FOR 10,000 G.P.D. FOR 40 UNITS, WHICH IS NOT CONSISTENT. WILLIAM KOOLAGE SPOKE AS AN, INTERESTED CITIZEN AND URGED THE BOARD TO BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THE WATER SUPPLY THAT IS AVAILABLE. HE POINTED OUT THAT NOT MANY DOCTORS HAVE OFFICES ADJACENT TO THE i PRESENT HOSPITAL AND DID NOT FEEL THE SITUATION AT THE NEW HOSPITAL . WOULD BE AFFECTED ANY DIFFERENTLY THAN AT THE PRESENT ONE. DR. DAVID SMITH OF SVERDRUP & PARCEL, COUNTY CONSULTING ENGIN- EERS, STATED THAT HE IS NOT INVOLVED IN THE MATTER OF THE DOCTOR'S GROUP 31 •'32.Z J