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RALPH LUNDY, PRESIDENT OF THE GIFFORD PROGRESSIVE CIVIC <br />LEAGUE, INC., CAME BEFORE THE BOARD TO DISCUSS VARIOUS MATTERS, THE <br />FIRST BEING UNFAIR WATER RATES. HE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE HAS <br />PETITIONS SIGNED BY APPROXIMATELY 230 CUSTOMERS ON THE COUNTY SYSTEM, <br />SUPPORTING A REQUEST THAT FHA REPRESENTATIVES BE ASKED TO REVIEW AND <br />REEVALUATE THE WATER SYSTEM. MR. LUNDY POINTED OUT THAT MORE PEOPLE <br />HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE SYSTEM SINCE THE ORIGINAL RATES WERE -.SET AND FOR <br />THAT REASON, HE FELT THERE IS A REASON TO REDUCE THE RATES. HE NOTED <br />THAT AT THE PRESENT TIME THE RATES ARE BASED ON A MINIMUM OF 2,000 <br />GALLONS, AND THERE ARE MANY WHO FEEL THAT 3,000 GALLONS WOULD BE A <br />FAIRER FIGURE. THEY FEEL THERE IS SOME INCONSISTENCY OR UNFAIRNESS <br />INVOLVED IN THE COMPILING OF THE BILLS AND THAT AN INVESTIGATION SHOULD <br />BE MADE TO DETERMINE WHAT IS CAUSING THIS. MR. LUNDY STATED THAT THEY <br />KNOW OF SITUATIONS WHERE THERE ARE 10 IN A FAMILY WHICH HAS A WASHING <br />MACHINE AND WATERS THE LAWN, AND THEIR BILL WAS $26.00. THERE IS ANOTHER <br />CASE WHERE A FAMILY OF.%, WHO ALSO HAS A WASHER AND WATERS THE LAWN, <br />HAD A BILL OF ONLY $14.60. AT THE SAME TIME, THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO <br />ARE PAYING MORE THAN LARGE FAMILIES; FOR INSTANCE, ONE PERSON WITH NO <br />WASHING MACHINE, AND WHO DOES NOT WATER THE.LAWN, HAD A BILL OF $19.00, <br />AND THERE ARE SEVERAL CASES WHERE TWO IN A FAMILY WERE CHARGED $8.60 <br />WHILE OTHER FAMILIES WITH 4 OR 5 HAD A BILL OF $11.60. HE THEN SPOKE <br />OF A BILL OF $126 FOR A FAMILY OF 10 WHILE ANOTHER FAMILY OF 10 WAS <br />BILLED $14.00. BECAUSE OF THESE MANY DISCREPANCIES, THE LEAGUE FEELS <br />AN INVESTIGATION SHOULD BE MADE OR THE FHA CALLED TO REEVALUATE. MR. <br />LUNDY REPORTED THAT IN ONE AREA THERE WAS A PIPE WHERE WATER WAS.LEAKING <br />IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. HE STATED THAT THIS WAS REPORTED, AND THEY <br />WERE TOLD BY THE OFFICE THAT SOMEONE HAD TO PAY FOR IT. MR. LUNDY <br />FURTHER NOTED THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE GONE TO GREAT EXPENSE AND CALLED IN <br />PLUMBERS TO SEE IF THEY MIGHT HAVE LEAKS. HE STATED THAT THERE ARE <br />CITIZENS AT THE MEETING WHO WOULD LIKE TO VOICE THEIR PROBLEMS. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED MR. LUNDY IF HE FELT A BILL OF $26.00 <br />FOR A FAMILY OF 10 IS UNFAIR. <br />BOOK 39 PAGE 372 <br />APR 4 1979 <br />