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FURTHER DISCUSSION, SHE WOULD LIKE TO DO SOME INVESTIGATION ON HER <br />[A"Al n <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT AGREED AND NOTED THAT ALTHOUGH HE DID NOT <br />FEEL THE REQUEST IS WITHOUT MERIT, HE WAS NOT READY TO PASS JUDGMENT <br />ON IT AT THIS POINT. HE ASKED IF THE BOARD FELT IT IS NECESSARY TO <br />GO INTO THE HISTORY OF THE SITE SELECTION. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS WISHED TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS. HE FELT THE <br />COMMISSION WOULD SUPPORT THE FACT THAT NEITHER HE NOR HIS FIRM HAD <br />ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE SELECTION OF THE SITE, WHICH WAS MADE SUB— <br />STANTIALLY BEFORE THE HEARING CAME UP. HE STATED THAT HE DID HAVE A <br />CONVERSATION WITH MR. SMITH AFTER THE HEARING HAD --BEEN HELD, AT WHICH <br />POINT IN TIME THE PLANT HAD BEEN MOVED ONTO THE SITE, -SOIL BORINGS <br />TAKEN, AND THE COUNTY HAD EXPENDED CONSIDERABLE SUMS OF MONEY; PERMITS <br />HAD BEEN APPLIED FOR; PLEADINGS HAD BEEN FILED; ARGUMENTS HAD BEEN <br />HELD; AND THE HEARING OFFICER WAS CONSIDERING THE ARGUMENTS. ATTORNEY <br />COLLINS FELT THAT EVERYONE SHOULD REALIZE THAT THERE IS A TREMENDOUS <br />AMOUNT OF VACANT LAND IN THIS AREA. HE AGREED THAT ATTORNEY CALDWELL <br />DID REPRESENT MR. COLE IN THE SALE OF HIS PROPERTY, BUT UNTIL THIS WAS <br />BROUGHT TO HIS ATTENTION TEN MINUTES AGO, HE DID NOT MAKE ANY CONNECTION. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS CONTINUED THAT HE BELIEVED ANY COMMENTS ATTORNEY SMITH. <br />HAS MADE ABOUT THIS SITUATION.ARE TOTALLY INACCURATE AND CLOSE TO A <br />SLUR WHICH HE DID NOT APPRECIATE. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS FELT THAT ONE OF THE FACTORS INFLUENCING <br />THE SELECTION OF THE COUNTY'S PRESENT SITE WAS THE FACT THAT THE <br />PLANT COULD BE ALMOST COMPLETELY HIDDEN FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND <br />THUS CREATE LESS IMPACT, AND IT ALSO WAS GOOD FOR THE GROWTH OF THE <br />TREES.- HE REITERATED THAT IF, HOWEVER, THE ECONOMICS, INCLUDING THE <br />ENGINEERING, PERMITTING, ETC., OF SOME OTHER SITES ARE BETTER, HE <br />FELT THAT RATHER THAN JUST DISMISS THIS OUT OF HAND, WE SHOULD ASK <br />THE ENGINEERS TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THE SITUATION AND BRING IT UP <br />AGAIN IN ANOTHER 30 DAYS. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY AGREED THAT IT BEARS CHECKING.,, BUT SHE DID <br />NOT WISH TO CONSIDER IT ANY{ FURTHER TODAY. <br />31 ' <br />MAR 1919 _ - _ Bbo 43'`PAGE� <br />