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CHAIRMAN WODTKE ADVISED THAT HE RECEIVED A TELEPHONE CALL FROM <br />FHA AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A CEREMONY AT THE COMPLETION OF THE WATER <br />SYSTEM IN GIFFORD, HE CONTINUED THAT THEY WANT TO HAVE THEIR PEOPLE <br />FROM WASHINGTON ATTEND, WHICH WILL GIVE FHA AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET SOME <br />GOOD PUBLICITY ON A NATIONWIDE BASIS.' <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS REPORTED THAT MICHAEL R. HIGHTOWER OF THE <br />FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION, WILL BE AVAILABLE ON MARCH 27, 1979 AT 1:00 <br />01CLOCK P.M. AND THEY ARE REQUESTING THAT WE NOTIFY OUR SENATORS AND <br />CONGRESSMEN TO ATTEND. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE SUGGESTED THE TIME BE CHANGED TO NOON IN CASE <br />THE OFFICIALS MIGHT WANT TO ATTEND THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS GAME. <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED AND IT WAS DECIDED THAT THE ATTORNEY WOULD <br />CORRESPOND WITH MR. HIGHTOWER TO CONFIRM THE DATE AND TIME. <br />ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR NELSON APPROACHED THE BOARD TO DISCUSS <br />A PROPOSED TRAFFIC LIGHT AT STH STREET AND U.S. 1. HE CONTINUED THAT <br />ORIGINALLY THIS LIGHT WAS REQUESTED ON APRIL 21, 1976 BY THE HOARD AND <br />FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER, IT WAS NOT INSTALLED. MR. NELSON STATED THAT <br />SIGNAL CONSTRUCTION CO. NOW HAS AN UPDATED PLAN AND CAN INSTALL THE <br />LIGHT FOR $6,000 AS THE COUNTY HAS THE EQUIPMENT TO DO SO. HE FURTHER <br />COMMENTED THAT THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS AT THAT INTERSECTION. <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED AND I•T WAS NOTED THAT THE SITUATION HAS <br />CHANGED DRASTICALLY SINCE THE ORIGINAL REQUEST FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHT WAS <br />MADE. <br />ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR NELSON REPORTED THAT THE INSTALLATION <br />OF FIVE TRAFFIC LIGHTS ARE ALREADY IN THE BUDGET. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT BEFORE WE SPEND THE <br />MONEY, WE SHOULD BE SURE THIS IS WHERE WE WANT TO INSTALL THE LIGHT. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT COMMENTED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO GET A <br />TRAFFIC ACCIDENT REPORT FOR THAT AREA. <br />ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS NOTED THAT THE LAST EVALUATION TOOK <br />PLACE OVER A YEAR AGO AND DOT IS GOING TO WIDEN THE ROAD AT THAT INTER- <br />SECTION. <br />WILLIAM KOOLAGE, OF 815 26TH AVENUE, COMMENTED THAT IT IS VERY <br />HARD TO MAKE A TURN AT THAT CORNER AS IT IS A DARK CORNER. <br />52 <br />FEB 2 11979 <br />BOOK 39 %433 <br />