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i <br />SCOTT ABRAHAMS OF THE PRESS JOURNAL ASKED IF IT IS THE BOARD'S <br />INTENTION TO FINISH THE PIPELINE UP TO GIFFORD AND THE UPGRADING OF THE <br />SEWER AT THE SAME TIME. <br />ATTORNEY-COLLINS FELT IT WOULD BE IDEAL IF THIS COULD BE ACCOM- <br />PLISHED, BUT FELT THAT THE BOARD CANNOT ANSWER THIS UNTIL THEY GET WITH <br />THE ENGINEERS. HE POINTED OUT THAT GRANT MONIES CANNOT BE USED UNTIL THE <br />LOAN MONIES ARE USED UP, AND INTERIM LOAN FUNDS MAY BE USED IN PART. THIS, <br />HOWEVER, DOES NOT APPLY TO THE EDA LOAN. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE NOTED THAT QUITE A BIT OF THE ENGINEERING WORK <br />ALREADY HAS BEEN DONE, AND THE RIGHTS-OF-WAY FOR THE PIPELINE HAVE BEEN <br />OBTAINED SO WE ARE NOT STARTING FROM SCRATCH, <br />MR. WEATHERS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT FHA HAS THE UNDERSTANDING <br />THAT THE BOARD HOPES IN THE FUTURE TO BE ABLE TO SERVE ALL THE GIFFORD <br />AREA, WHICH IS A RATHER LARGE AREA, HE.STATED THAT THIS HAS BEEN DIS- <br />CUSSED IN THEIR WASHINGTON OFFICE, AND IT HAS BEEN INDICATED THAT SINCE <br />THIS IS AN AREA WITH MODEST INCOMES, THEY MIGHT QUALIFY FOR ADDITIONAL <br />GRANT FUNDS AND FHA WOULD BE GLAD TO GIVE THIS ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION <br />IN THE FUTURE. <br />THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, ON MOTION MADE, SECONDED AND <br />CARRIED, THE BOARD ADJOURNED AT 12:10 O'CLOCK P.M. <br />ATTEST: <br />• n 1P / <br />CLERK <br />SEP 13 1977 <br />W4/0 k,,gd <br />CHAIRMAN Iq <br />30 <br />