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COMMISSIONER FLETCHER FELT THAT THE PROPOSED SITE IS LOCATED IN AN ALREADY EXCESSIVELY DENSE AREA OF POPULATION, AND ASKED IF HE UNDERSTOOD CORRECTLY THAT THE PROJECT WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED WITH SEPTIC TANK AND WELLS BUT MUST BE ON A SEWER AND WATER SYSTEM. COMMISSIONER WODTKE CONFIRMED THAT THERE MUST BE A CENTRAL SYSTEM OF SOME TYPE. CHAIRMAN LYONS STATED HE PERSONALLY COULD NOT THINK OF A BETTER AREA TO PUT THIS PROJECT, AND HE HOPED THE COMMISSION WOULD VOTE FOR THE PROPOSED LOCATION, WHICH WOULD MAKE BETTER HOUSING AVAILABLE IN THE GIFFORD AREA. JUDY PRUITT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS STATED THAT SHE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS PROJECT MOVE FORWARD NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE NEED, BUT BECAUSE -IN THIS TIME OF SHAKY FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, MORE EMPHASIS WILL BE PLACED ON WHAT WILL BE DONE IN LOCAL AREAS IN PROVIDING HOUSING. CHAIRMAN LYONS ASKED IF ANYONE PRESENT WISHED TO BE HEARD. WALLACE CARTER OF 4521 30TH COURT WISHED TO KNOW THE EXACT LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED SITE. MR. REGAN DISPLAYED AN AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH AND POINTED OUT THE LOCATION OF THE SITE IN RELATION TO THE GIFFORD PARK. HE NOTED THAT PINEVIEW SUBDIVISION IS TO THE EAST OF THE SITEI- GENEVIEVE BRADLEY SPOKE IN FAVOR OF THE PROJECT AND THE SITE.- SHE STATED THAT IT IS NOT IN THE HEART OF GIFFORD, AND IF YOU STAND ON THE ADJACENT CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION, YOU WILL SEE ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE - BLACK, WHITE, MEXICAN, AND WHATEVER. ANN FOSTER, LIFETIME RESIDENT OF GIFFORD, STATED THAT WHAT- EVER IS DONE IN GIFFORD, WILL BE A STEP FORWARD. SHE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT SHE AND ALL HER NEIGHBORS WHO LIVE IN THE VICINITY OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT, ARE IN FAVOR OF SUCH A DEVELOPMENT. r. WILLIAM KOOLAGE, 26TH AVENUE, INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE SERVED ON THE ORIGINAL STUDY COMMITTEE WHICH STARTED THE COUNTY COMMISSION ON THE PATH TO THIS PROJECT. MR, KOOLAGE COMMENTED THAT DURING THE FORMATION OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, PUBLIC HEARINGS, ETC.,