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CHAIRMAN WODTKE POINTED OUT THAT THE BOARD HAS GONE ON RECORD AS STATING THAT THEY WILL SERVICE THIS AREA, COMMISSIONER SIEBERT NOTED THAT FIRST TO BE SERVED WILL BE THOSE ON THE PRESENT SYSTEM AND THEN HE BELIEVED ANY EXCESS CAPACITY SHOULD BE ALLOCATED TO SOME TYPE OF LOW COST HOUSING. COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER ASKED WHETHER THIS ISN'T A LOW COST HOUSING PROJECT BY A PRIVATE DEVELOPER, COMMISSIONER SIEBERT NOTED THAT WE DO NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS PROJECT, HOW IT IS PROPOSED, OR THEIR RENTAL RATES. HE POINTED OUT THAT THE PRIME PREREQUISITE FOR FUNDING IS THE AVAILABILITY OF WATER AND SEWER. CHAIRMAN lODTKE QUESTIONED JUST HOW FAR WE CAN GO ON A ZONING REQUEST AND WHAT CAN WE REALLY AND TRULY CONSIDER BEFORE A MAN CAN GET TENTATIVE APPROVAL, I.E., ARE WE GOING TO SAY UNTIL HE HAS WATER AND SEWER HE CAN'T DO ANYTHING? COMMISSIONER SIEBERT NOTED THAT THE QUESTION IS WHETHER IT IS APPROPRIATE TO CONSIDER THE AVAILABILITY OF WATER AND SEWER WHEN CONSIDERING REZONING. HE FELT WE MUST CONSIDER THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE IN ACCORDANCE WITH PRESENT CONDITIONS, AND UNDER PRESENT CONDITIONS, THERE IS NO WATER AND SEWER, WHICH, IN HIS OPINION MAKES THIS A "NO-GO" PROJECT UNTIL THERE IS. COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER BELIEVED THAT WATER GOES BY THIS PROPERTY, BUT COMMISSIONER SIEBERT POINTED OUT THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO PERMISSION FOR ANYBODY TO HOOK ON YET. ASSISTANT PLANNER BERG NOTED THAT FROM A PLANNING STANDPOINT A PREREQUISITE OF A ZONING REQUEST WOULD BE THE AVAILABILITY OF WATER AND SEWER AS JUSTIFICATION FOR THE REQUEST. HE STATED THAT PLANNING FEELS THAT THE APPLICANT SHOULD HAVE MADE THE NECESSARY ATTEMPT TO DETERMINE THAT THESE SERVICES WOULD BE AVAILABLE AND THAT THERE WOULD BE NO ADDITIONAL COST IMPACT ON THE GENERAL PUBLIC. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT HE IS HOPING WHEN THE GIFFORD WATER & SEWER ADVISORY COMMITTEE DECIDES THEY HAVE ANY 31 ea 3.5 eac� 74