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COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER CONCURRED, AND NOTED THAT MID FLORIDA <br />HAS HAD A `tDO-NOTHING It APPROACH WITH REGARD TO THIS SYSTEM FOR THE LAST <br />FIVE OR SIX YEARS. HE FELT WE SHOULD BE SATISFIED THAT THIS IS A <br />REASONABLE OFFER AND PURSUE IT BECAUSE -IF WE WAIT UNTIL THE RATE <br />HEARING, HE DID NOT FEEL WE WILL COME ANYWHERE NEAR THIS KIND OF A <br />PRICE, <br />THIS AREA. <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ON OTHER SMALL FRANCHISE SYSTEMS IN <br />ADMINISTRATOR J ENNINGS STATED THAT HE BELIEVES THIS IS A <br />GOOD AREA AND IN ANY EVENT, THE COUNTY IS GOING TO HAVE TO GET INTO <br />THIS SOONER OR LATER, HE NOTED THAT WE WANT TO GET TO A POINT WHERE <br />THE PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY CAN GET GOOD WATER AND HE DID NOT BELIEVE <br />THEY CAN GET IT IN THESE SMALL SYSTEMS, THE ADMINISTRATOR FELT THAT <br />A PRICE OF $250,000 FOR MID FLORIDA IS WITHIN THE REALM OF REASON. <br />HE AGREED THAT THERE ARE PROBLEMS, BUT POINTED -OUT THAT THE COUNTY <br />WOULD ALSO BE PUTTING AWAY A RATE HEARING AND LAWSUITS AND WOULD <br />SAVE MONEY IN THAT WAY. <br />INTERGOVERNMEOTAL COORDINATOR THOMAS FELT WE SHOULD PURSUE <br />THIS MATTER WITH'FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION AS WE STILL HAVE A <br />COMMITMENT AVAILABLE, <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS AGREED THAT FHA APPEARS TO BE THE CHEAPEST <br />OF ALL ALTERNATIVES AVAILABLE. HE NOTED THAT THERE ALREADY ARE <br />11000 CUSTOMERS AND FELT THERE WILL BE FOUR TO FIVE TIMES THAT MANY <br />AVAILABLE IN THE AREA IN THE NEAR FUTURE, HE NOTED THAT THIS WOULD <br />BE FOR THE ENTIRE TAXING DISTRICT, <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER ASKED ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY <br />THAT COULD BE RAISED IN THE TAXING DISTRICT RIGHT AWAY, AND ATTORNEY <br />COLLINS FELT SUFFICIENT MONEY COULD BE RAISED FOR PLANNING BUT THAT <br />IT WOULD NOT BE FAIR TO RELY ON IT FOR THE BIG CAPITAL EXPENDITURES <br />AND THAT FHA WOULD BE THE ANSWER FOR THOSE, <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE NOTED THAT HE DID GET A BREAKDOWN OF THE <br />VALUE OF THE PROPERTY IN THAT DISTRICT WHICH IS ABOUT $87,247.000, <br />liE AGREED THAT WE NEED TO CHECK INTO THE FHA MONEY.THAT IS AVAILABLE. <br />IN FURTHER DISCUSSION, COMMISSIONER SIEBERT FELT THF <br />APPROPRIATE PEOPLE SHOULD BE AUTHORIZED TO TALK TO FHA; COMMISSIONER <br />36 <br />SEP 0 6 1978 <br />