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POSITIVE STEPS ARE NOT TAKEN, THEY WON `T BE ABLE TO CURE THESE <br />CONDITIONS. HE SUGGESTED THAT IF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT DETERMINES <br />THAT A SEPTIC TANK OR WELL DOES NOT MEET HEALTH STANDARDS, HOOK UP TO <br />SYSTEM SHOULD BE MADE MANDATORY. <br />REVEREND DON BROWN ASKED IF THE SEWER RATE OF $7.50 PER <br />MONTH WOULD BE MANDATORY FOR ONE YEAR OR TWO YEARS. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE NOTED THAT THIS RATE WOULD BE IN EFFECT UNTIL <br />THE BOARD CHANGED IT, AND HE FELT ANY CHANGE WOULD DEPEND UPON THE <br />ACTIVITY ON THE SYSTEM AND THE RESULTS DETERMINED FROM THE FIRST YEAR `S <br />OPERATION. THE CHAIRMAN FELT THIS RATE WOULD BE IN EFFECT AT LEAST FOR <br />THE FIRST YEAR, BUT SUBJECT TO REVISION AT ANY TIME BASED UPON WHETHER <br />THE REVENUE IS THERE TO PAY OFF THE DEBT. HE CONTINUED THAT THIS RATE <br />IS BASED UPON ONLY THE PRESENT USERS AND THAT SHOULD GENERATE SUFFI- <br />CIENT DOLLARS TO PAY BACK FHA. IF, HOWEVER, THE NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS <br />SHOULD DOUBLE, THE PAYMENT TO FHA STILL WILL BE THE SAME AND THERE WOULD <br />BE EXCESS MONEY THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED IN REDUCING THE COST OF THE <br />SERVICE. <br />LEON YOUNG STATED THAT HE HAS HAD THE CHANCE TO SERVE ON <br />THE GIFFORD WATER AND SEWER ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND IS ON RECORD AS <br />BEING STRONGLY OF THE OPINION THAT MANDATORY HOOK UP IS NECESSARY. <br />HE AGREED THAT THE HOOK UP FEE MIGHT BE HIGH FOR SOME OF THE PEOPLE, <br />BUT POINTED OUT THAT THE RATE OF SICKNESS IN THE AREA IS HIGH ALSO. <br />HE FELT THEY MUST PUT PRIORITY ON THE RIGHT VALUES, AND THAT THE LIVES <br />AND HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN <br />DOLLARS AND CENTS. MR. YOUNG CONTINUED THAT THE WATER CONDITION IN <br />HIS AREA IS VERY BAD, AND IN A SURVEY TAKEN, 20% OF THE WATER WAS <br />FOUND TO BE CONTAMINATED. HE POINTED OUT THAT THERE ARE TENANTS IN <br />RENTAL APARTMENTS THAT VERY MUCH DESIRE GOOD DRINKING WATER, BUT WOULD <br />PROBABLY NOT BE ABLE TO GET IT BECAUSE OF THE RELUCTANCE OF THE LAND- <br />LORD TO HOOK UP TO THE SYSTEM, AND HE FELT THESE PEOPLE MUST BE <br />SAFEGUARDED. MR. YOUNG FELT THAT MANDATORY HOOK UP IS THE ONLY WAY <br />MANY OF THE RESIDENCES IN THE AREA'WILL GET GOOD TREATED WATER, <br />AND FOR THE SAKE OF THEM ALL, HE HOPED THAT THE COMMISSION WILL MAKE <br />THIS A REALITY. HEP -STATED THAT THEY ARE DETERMINED THAT THIS SYSTEM <br />AS IT IS COMING IN NOW WILL BECOME A GOOD, FINANCIALLY -SOUND, WORKABLE <br />SYSTEM. <br />107 <br />Bm 35 FAcr 211 <br />