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r <br />{� 838 <br />AUG 41982 <br />Mr. Zorc stated that although he now understood that <br />the Commission did not want to hold a public hearing, he was <br />not clear as to exactly what it was the Board said ACT has <br />to do to come back to them to get a referendum. <br />Chairman Scurlock -replied that Mr. Zorc did not hear <br />anything from the Board about coming back for a referendum. <br />He stated that if he had an expression from sufficient <br />numbers of people in the community, then he personally would <br />be in favor of placing a referendum on the ballot, but he <br />did not know the views of the other members of the Com- <br />mission. <br />Mr. Zorc wished to know what number of petitions the <br />Chairman would consider sufficient, and Chairman Scurlock <br />stated that petitions from 100 of the registered voters <br />validated by the Superintendent of Elections would satisfy <br />him. <br />Commissioner Lyons stated that it would depend on how <br />the question is asked as to whether or not he would pay any <br />attention to a petition. He again emphasized that this is a <br />very, very important decision, and he believed the people <br />who are working on this question should be given the <br />opportunity to determine all the facts and bring it to the <br />public before a referendum is held rather than go dashing <br />ahead blindly into an issue which has become primarily an <br />emotional issue and is certainly getting away from the <br />facts. He, therefore, did not know what number of petition <br />signatures he would consider significant, particularly on a <br />rush basis.. <br />Mr. Zorc argued that ACT is not rushing into anything; <br />the hospital is stalling. <br />Considerable discussion ensued as -to whether this <br />should be considered an emergency situation since the <br />treatment afforded patients in the hospital appears to be <br />80 <br />M <br />