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MR. LUNDY STATED THAT THE TIME HAS COME WHEN THE CITIZENS OF <br />GIFFORD SHOULD TAKE A STAND AND MAKE THEIR APPEAL DIRECT TO THE BOARD. <br />HE NOTED THAT THE NEWS MEDIA AND EVEN THE TV'NETWORKS ARE AWARE OF THE <br />SITUATION. MR, LUNDY NOTED THAT THE WATER SITUATION HAS BEEN A PROBLEM <br />FOR AS LONG AS TEN YEARS. HE CONTINUED THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THE BOARDD1S <br />PLANS TO BRING WATER TO GIFFORD V,IA PIPELINES AND A TANK, BUT THEY WANT <br />TO KNOW IF ALL GIFFORD HOMES WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE PLAN AND WHETHER <br />THE PRESENT WATER ALLOTMENT WILL BE ENOUGH TO SERVE ALL OF GIFFORD OR <br />JUST THOSE IN THE H.D A FRANCHISE AREA. <br />i <br />SMR. LUNDY STATED THAT THEY ARE NOT HERE TO REPRESENT U.T),U., <br />BUT ARE REPRESENTING ALL THE VARIOUS SECTIONS OF GIFFORD. MR. LUNDY <br />CONTINUED THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A SYSTEM THAT HAS BEEN A MENACE <br />TO THE COMMUNITY AND IS A DISGRACE TO THE COUNTY, AND WHILE WE ARE <br />TALKING AND WAITING AND WAITING AND WAITING, RESIDENTS OF GIFFORD HAVE <br />TO CONTINUE TO DRINK THIS UNCLEAN, UNSAFE WATER. MR. LUNDY THEN PRE- <br />SENTED THE BOARD WITH A THERMOS OF GIFFORD WATER FOR THEM TO SAMPLE. <br />HE ASKED IF THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT FOR A SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM <br />UNTIL AN EPIDEMIC OCCURS. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE INFORMED THOSE PRESENT THAT WE ARE YOUR REPRE- <br />SENTATIVES, AND EVEN THOUGH SOME OF YOUR PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN CAUSED By <br />FEDERAL AGENCIES, IT IS OUR MORAL RESPONSIBILITY. THE CHAIRMAN NOTED <br />THAT ONE OF OUR PROBLEMS IS THAT WE DO NOT HAVE DIRECT COMMUNICATION <br />WITH FHA; AND WE ALSO HAVE TO, BE SURE THAT WHEN WE DO GET THE WATER TO <br />GIFFOR13THE PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO AFFORD IT. <br />JIM HOLT, PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL BRANCH OF THE N.A.A.C.P „ <br />NOTED THAT RIGHT NOW IT COSTS HIM A CAlRa AMOUNT TO PAY FOR BOTTLED <br />WATER AS THE GIFFORD WATER IS NOT ONLY UNFIT TO DRINK, BUT DETIORIATES <br />THE FIXTURES. HE ASKED THE BOARD WHERE THEY WERE GOING TO OBTAIN THE <br />ADDITIONAL FUNDING NEEDED TO CARRY OUT THE PROJECT TO SUPPLY WATER TO <br />GIFFORD, <br />CHAIRMAN 14ODTKE ASSURED MR. HOLT THAT WHILE WE CANNOT AT THIS, <br />MOMENT PINPOINT WHERE THE MONEY WILL COME FROM TO CARRY OUT THE PROJECT <br />TO DELIVER WATER TO GIFFORD, THE COMMITMENT HAS BEEN MADE, THE PROJECT <br />HAS BEEN ENGINEERED, AND THE RIGHT-OF-WAY IS THERE. <br />e <br />BOOK 30 <br />