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_ m m DISCUSSION CONTINUED, AND IT WAS GENERALLY AGREED THAT WE NEED ENOUGH LAND TO SERVE SEVERAL ACTIVITIES AND MUST THINK IN TERMS OF 25 TO 30 ACRES. MR. ENG NOTED THAT 27 ACRES WOULD SQUARE IT OFF, BUT HE WOULD PREFER TO HAVE 30 ACRES, IF WE CAN OBTAIN THEM. DISCUSSION CONTINUED AS TO VARIOUS ALTERNATIVES AND ACCESS POINTS, ETC., SUCH AS THE PENLAND PROPERTY. ATTORNEY COLLINS NOTED THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE TO CONDEMN A STRAIGHT PIECE, AND YOU COULD HAVE AN EXTRA PIECE FOR AN ACCESS. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT FELT THAT MR. ANSIN MAY HAVE A PREFERENCE, AND WE SHOULD LET HIM HAVE AN OPTION IF WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE HIS LAND. MR. ENG COMMENTED THAT A CERTIFIED APPRAISAL WILL BE NEEDED. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER Loy, THE BOARD.UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED THE ATTORNEY TO PROCEED WITH NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE ANSINS AND PENLANDS TO SECURE A MINIMUM OF 30 ACRES OR A MAXIMUM OF 40 ACRES FOR THE SOUTH COUNTY WATER DISTRICT TREATMENT PLANT: AUTHORIZED THE NECESSARY APPRAISAL: AND AUTHORIZED THE ATTORNEY TO PROCEED WITH CONDEMNATION, IF NECESSARY. ATTORNEY COLLINS BROUGHT UP THE NEED TO DISCUSS FUNDS TO PAY FOR THE PROPERTY, AND MR. ENG NOTED THAT THEY HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF CONTINGENCY IN THE BUDGET, BUT STATED THAT THE COUNTY WILL HAVE TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF INTERIM FINANCING PRIOR TO THE FMHA MONEY BECOMING AVAILABLE. ATTORNEY COLLINS COMMENTED THAT MR. TESSIER WANTS TO START THE WELL DRILLING PROGRAM ABOUT JUNE 1ST, AND THE PROPERTY HAS TO BE ACQUIRED SO HE CAN BEGIN THE IMPROVEMENTS. MR. ENG COMMENTED THAT, BASED ON FMHA REQUIREMENTS, THE LAND DOESNIT HAVE TO BE PURCHASED UNTIL YOU GO TO CONSTRUCTION, BUT WE HAVE TO GET ON THE PROPERTY TO DO THE TEST WELL PROGRAM. ATTORNEY COLLINS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT IF YOU CONDEMN THE LAND, YOU HAVE TO PURCHASE AND YOU ARE COMMITTED TO YOUR INVEST- MENT, BUT MR. TESSIER AND MR. ENG BOTH BELIEVE THE LAND IS SUITABLE 113 •