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FEB 2 0 19 80 Boa ` 42 oa 38 <br />MR. HUDNELL INTRODUCED HIS ASSOCIATES FROM FMHA: DOROTHY <br />O'NEILL, AVIS NORRIS, SUE SHAFFER, WANDA DAVIS AND MICHAEL R. <br />HIGHTOWER. <br />MR. HIGHTOWER APPROACHED THE BOARD -AND COMMENTED THAT THEY <br />HAVE HAD RADICAL CHANGES IN THE ADMINISTRATION AT FMHA, AND ONE OF <br />THEIR NEW POLICIES IS TO MEET WITH THE VARIOUS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. <br />HE CONTINUED THAT SINCE THEIR REORGANIZATION, THEY WILL NOW HAVE THE <br />SAME DISTRICTS AS THE REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL; MR. HUDNELL WILL BE <br />ABLE TO WORK WITH THE RPC USING INFORMATION ALREADY AVAILABLE, INSTEAD <br />OF HAVING TO MAKE A STUDY. MR. HIGHTOWER WENT ON TO SAY THAT FMHA <br />SIGNED THEIR FIRST INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT IN MARCH OF 1979 <br />BETWEEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE STATE. HE ADVISED THAT BEFORE <br />THEY DO THEIR PLANNING EACH YEAR;: THEY INFORM THE GOVERNOR OF THEIR <br />PLANS AND THEN THE STATE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMPLEMENT IT; THEREFORE, <br />THEY TEAM UP ON A PROJECT. HE ADVISED THAT IN WASHINGTON, D.C., <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY IS NOT REALIZED AS AN AGRICULTURAL AREA BUT <br />THOUGHT TO BE SIMILAR TO THE PALM BEACH AREA, AND MANY FELT THIS TYPE <br />OF PROGRAM WAS NOT NEEDED, BUT FMHA HAS ADVISED THEM DIFFERENTLY. <br />MR. HIGHTOWER CONTINUED. THAT FMHA HAS MADE EXTRAORDINARY ADVANCES IN <br />RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AND THIS COUNTY IS TAKING THE RIGHT STEPS IN USING <br />THE COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH, AND FMHA IS PLEASED TO BE A PART OF <br />HELPING IN THE DEVELOPMENT. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT ADVISED MR. HIGHTOWER THAT COMMISSIONER <br />LYONS WAS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL, AND THAT <br />HE WAS PLEASED THAT MR. HUDNELL WILL BE WORKING WITH THE RPC. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE THEN GAVE CREDIT TO THE CONSULTANTS <br />FOR THEIR FINE WORK, MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR THE COUNTY TO HAVE SUCH <br />AN EXCELLENT RESPONSE IN DEALING WITH FMHA ON THE STATE AND NATIONAL <br />LEVEL; AND THEIR APPROACH WITH FMHA HAS BEEN MOST FRUITFUL. HE <br />EXPRESSED GRATITUDE FOR THE MONEY THAT WAS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE <br />COUNTY FOR IT WAS NEEDED IN ORDER TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE <br />THE NECESSITIES IN WATER AND WASTE WATER TREATMENT. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />LYONS, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED SVERDRUP & PARCEL & ASSOCIATES, <br />INC., AND BEINDORF & ASSOCIATES, INC., A JOINT VENTURE, TO PROCEED <br />4W m <br />