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CHAIRMAN SIEBERT ASKED IF WE WERE UNSUCCESSFUL IN OBTAINING THE <br />EDA GRANT AND CHOSE TO APPLY TO FHA, WOULD THOSE CHARGES THEN BE <br />REIMBURSABLE UNDER THE FHA GRANT? <br />MR. WEATHERS OF THE FHA STATED THAT.HE FELT MOST OF IT WOULD BE <br />DISCUSSION CONTINUED AND THE BOARD AGREED WE SHOULD PROCEED AND <br />NARROW IT DOWN TO THE GIFFORD AREA. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT REQUESTED THAT THE <br />FINANCE OFFICER BE ASKED TO RETURN TO THE MEETING TO DISCUSS WHERE THE <br />MONEY FOR THIS APPLICATION WILL COME FROM. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT DISCUSSED WITH THE BOARD THE POSSIBILITY OF <br />MIDDLE 6I MIDDLE 7 SCHOOL AS.A SITE FOR AN ELEVATED WATER STORAGE TANK <br />AND STATED THAT HE. HAD TALKED INFORMALLY WITH MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL <br />BOARD WHO WERE VERY RECEPTIVE TO THE IDEA. <br />MR. BEINDORF STATED HE HAD ALSO MET WITH SOME OF THE SCHOOL <br />OFFICIALS AND THERE IS A SITE AVAILABLE, <br />MR. BEINDORF INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE PACKING HOUSES IN THE <br />GIFFORD AREA HAVE FORMULATED PLANS TO BUILD A WATER STORAGE TANK AS THEY <br />CAN'T EXPAND ANY OF THEIR PLANTS UNTIL THEY HAVE SUFFICIENT WATER <br />PRESSURE FOR FIRE PROTECTION AND IT ALSO WOULD BRING ABOUT A GREAT RE- <br />DUCTION IN THEIR INSURANCE PREMIUMS. HE STATED THAT IT WOULD BE AT <br />LEAST A 100,000 GALLON STORAGE TANK AND COULD BE AN ADVANTAGE BOTH TO THE <br />COUNTY AND THE PACKING HOUSES. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT POINTED OUT THAT IF THE PACKING HOUSES THINK <br />THE COUNTY CAN GIVE WATER TO THAT AREA AND THEY CAN GET PROPER PRESSURE, <br />THEY MAY NOT BUILD SUCH A STORAGE TANK. HE STATED THE PACKING HOUSES <br />PROBLEM WITH WATER PRESSURE WOULD HAVE A DIRECT BEARING ON THE GRANT <br />APPLICATION AS IT AFFECTS EMPLOYMENT IN THE AREA, <br />FINANCE OFFICER HOCKMAN RETURNED TO THE MEETING, AND CHAIRMAN <br />SIEBERT ASKED HIM WHERE WE COULD OBTAIN THE $30,000 TO $40,000 NEEDED TO <br />PROCEED WITH THE APPLICATION TO EDA, <br />MR. HOCKMAN STATED THAT IT WOULD HAVE TO COME OUT OF THE <br />CONTINGENCY FUND AS FEDERAL REVENUE SHARING FUNDS CANNOT BE USED FOR <br />.THIS PURPOSE, <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS NOTED THAT WE WILL HAVE UNANTICIPATED REVENUE <br />FROM THE PROPERTY APPRAISER WHEN HE PAYS US THE EXCESS FEES FROM HIS <br />21 <br />T <br />