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N 10 1977 <br />MR. HOLT ASKED IF ALL THE PEOPLE IN GIFFORD WILL BE SUPPLIED <br />WITH WATER, <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE STATED THAT U.D.U. HAS THE FRANCHISE AREA, AND <br />THIS IS THE AREA WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. AS TO THE GALLONAGE THAT HAS <br />BEEN ALLOCATED TO THIS PROJECT, OUR ENGINEERS HAVE ESTIMATED IT WILL <br />SERVE AT LEAST 1,000 TO 1,200 HOMES, <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT FELT IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE AT THIS TIME <br />TO GO OVER WHAT WE ANTICIPATE OUR LONG TERM GOALS ARE GOING TO BE, AND <br />COMMISSIONER LOY AGREED WE HAVE PROBLEMS TO SOLVE FIRST AS WE DON`T <br />OWN THE SYSTEM, BUT WE CAN AT LEAST INDICATE THE DIRECTION WE PLAN TO <br />FOLLOW. <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER WENT OVER THE BACKGROUND OF HOW THE <br />BOARD HAS BEEN TRYING TO SOLVE THE GIFFORD WATER PROBLEM, MENTIONING <br />THE CONTRACT APPROVED IN DECEMBER OF 1975 BETWEEN FNA, U.D.U., AND THE <br />COUNTY AND THE APPLICATIONS FOR THE EDA GRANT. HE NOTED THAT WHEN WE <br />DO SUCCEED IN GETTING THE WATER UP TO GIFFORD.. WE ARE STILL STUCK WITH <br />A DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM THAT IS NOT WORKING. <br />MABON SNELL OF THE GIFFORD .JAYCEES POINTED OUT THAT THE CON- <br />TRACT THE BOARD HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT HAS FAILED AND HE FELT THE COUNTY <br />MUST HAVE SOME POWER TO REVOKE OR DO SOMETHING ABOUT AN AGREEMENT THAT <br />HAS NEVER WORKED. HE STATED THAT IT IS A BAD FEELING TO BE TREATED AS <br />IF THEY ARE THE "BASTARD" PART OF THE COUNTY AND TO SEE LINES GOING IN <br />ALL OVER THE COUNTY WHERE THERE IS NO DEVELOPMENT AT THIS TIME. NE NOTED <br />THAT NOTHING IS MORE NECESSARY THAN WATER, AND LACK OF WATER PREVENTS <br />THEIR DEVELOPMENT. HE ALSO POINTED OUT THE U.D.U. ONLY SERVES 1/2 OF <br />THEIR AREA, <br />.TAMES RICHARDSON, OF THE N.A.A.C,P., STATED THAT HE COULD CON- <br />FIRM THAT THEY TRIED TO GET WATER FOR THE WHOLE AREA A LONG TIME BEFORE <br />U.D.U, WAS IN EXISTENCE, HE REITERATED THAT THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT <br />THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST THE U.D.U. FRANCHISE AREA, AND WOULD LIKE <br />SOME ACTION AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS READ TO THOSE PRESENT THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION. <br />RALPH LUNDY STATED ONCE AGATN THAT THEY DON'T WANT WATER PRO- <br />VIDED FOR JUST CUSTOMERS OF THE U.D,U., BUT WANT A COUNTYWIDE SYSTEM <br />PROVIDING FOR ALL. <br />26 <br />900K 30PA1413 <br />° k <br />